Los Angeles D.A. Opposes Menendez Brothers’ Bid for New Trial, Citing ‘Lies and Deceit’
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Los Angeles D.A. Nathan Hochman opposed a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez on Friday, saying the brothers have a history of “lies, deceit and fabricating stories.” At a press conference, Hochman said he has concluded that supposed new evidence of sexual abuse should not affect the brothers’ guilty verdicts for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty, in 1989.
Hochman also noted that the brothers gave a series of shifting stories about the murders, and also pressured their friends to help them by lying in court.
He concluded that the latest claims belong on a “continuum of lies” that the brothers have told over the last several decades.
The Menendez brothers are serving sentences of life in prison without parole. Last October, amid a flurry of renewed attention to the high-profile case, D.A.
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