A Los Angeles prosecutor said on Thursday he would ask a judge to release Erik and Lyle Menendez on parole after nearly 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents, as new evidence emerged indicating they were sexually abused by their father for years.
The Menendez brothers, now 56 and 53, were convicted after the second of two highly publicized trials that captivated the U.S. in the 1990s because of their wealth and privilege as the sons of a record company and entertainment industry executive.
Jose Menendez was shot in the back of the head and Kitty Menendez was shot 15 times at their Beverly Hills home. Gascon has said there is no doubt the brothers killed their parents but cited new evidence including a letter Erik Menendez purportedly wrote to a cousin eight months before the murders in which he described the abuse. Had the evidence been presented at trial the jury may have reached a different outcome, he said.Investigators also are examining allegations from a member of the 1980s pop band Menudo who said he was abused by Jose Menendez.
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