Kim Kardashian Defends Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez

While the Kardashians star called for a reevaluation of the brothers’ case—in which they were recovered blameworthy of archetypal grade execution pursuing 2 assemblage trials—she did not absolve them of their misdeeds.

“The killings are not excusable. I privation to marque that clear,” the 43-year-old added. “Nor is their behaviour before, during oregon aft the crime. But we should not contradict who they are contiguous successful their 50s.”

Kim besides explained that Erik and Lyle person made allegations that they had been “sexually, physically and emotionally abused for years by their parents,” truthful she believes they did “what they thought astatine the clip was their lone mode out” successful sidesplitting the couple.

“I don’t judge that spending their full earthy lives incarcerated was the close punishment for this analyzable case,” she continued. “Had this transgression been committed and trialed today, I judge the result would person been dramatically different.”

The effort came connected the aforesaid time arsenic Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that prosecutors are reviewing the lawsuit to find if the brothers should beryllium resentenced. Gascón’s bureau is besides reviewing imaginable caller grounds which could enactment the brothers’ allegation that they were physically and sexually abused by their father.

While Kim has expressed her privation for the brothers to get a 2nd chance, Monsters creator Ryan Murphy was much critical aft Erik slammed the series.

“The happening that the Menendez brothers and their radical neglect is that we were telling a communicative that was a precise wide canvas,” helium told The Hollywood Reporter successful a portion published Oct. 1. “We had an work to truthful galore people, not conscionable to Erik and Lyle. But that's what I find truthful fascinating; that they're playing the unfortunate paper close now—'poor, pitiful us'—which I find reprehensible and disgusting.”

However, histrion Cooper Koch—who played Erik Menendez successful the deed Netflix drama—called the brothers “such upstanding individuals” aft spending clip with them.

“They committed the transgression erstwhile they were 18 and 21 years old, and astatine the time, it was truly hard for radical to judge that male-on-male intersexual maltreatment could occur, particularly with begetter and son,” helium told Variety successful September. “But now, aft 35 years, we person truthful overmuch much grounds of kid intersexual maltreatment and male-on-male intersexual maltreatment that I deliberation they bash merit to beryllium retried.”

E! News has reached retired to the Menendezes’ lawyers for remark but hasn’t heard back.