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The real Menéndez brothers are 'eligible for immediate parole' (update)
The Los Angeles District Attorney's office is holding a press conference about the brothers this afternoon.
UPDATE: Thursday, October 24 at 2:26 p.m. PT / 5:26 p.m. ET
On Thursday, October 24, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that he will recommend a resentencing to Lyle and Erik Menéndez. Overall, this could lead to the Menéndez brothers becoming eligible for immediate parole.
"The DA said Thursday he will ask the court tomorrow that their life sentence life be lifted," Deadline reports. "If a LA Superior Court judge resentences the brothers for manslaughter instead of first degree murder, they would be eligible for parole immediately."
This resentencing is a huge update regarding the case involving the real-life Menéndez brothers, who were fictionalized in the hit Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.
Read the original story below.
The real-life brothers who are the basis for the latest season of Ryan Murphy's Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story may be getting a new chance at justice today.
According to Deadline, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said that he will make a decision on the legal fate of the Menéndez brothers and announce it this week.
The DA's office has now revealed that it will hold a press conference today "regarding the potential resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menéndez" and all signs indicate that the DA will announce his support for a resentencing.
According to Deadline's reporting, "Gascón is expected to ask for Erik, 55, and Lyle, 56 to get out of prison in the next few months," however, he could still back down from that plan.
The brothers were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989, and were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
However, the brothers have long maintained that the reason they shot their parents was because their father was abusing them for decades while their mother let it happen. This abuse reportedly included sexual abuse.
The new Ryan Murphy series Monsters has shined a new light on the case, in both good ways and bad. While the brothers may get a new chance at justice, rumors they had an incestuous relationship are now stronger than ever.
Earlier this week, Gascón, who is up for reelection, said that he was reviewing evidence in the trial that the brothers were molested and abused by their father.
"There's actually two different camps in my office," he said on CNN. "I have a group of people, including some that were involved in the original trial, that are adamant that they should spend the rest of their life in prison and that they were not molested. I have other people in the office that believe actually, that they probably were molested and that they deserve to have some relief."
Now, this afternoon, it seems like we'll have his answer. The press conference is scheduled for 1:30pm PST.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.
