Menendez Brothers' Lawyer Uncovers New Evidence in Murder Case

By Sabba Rahbar Oct 16, 2024 11:56 PMTags

The missive to Andy was recovered successful the location of Lyle and Erik's aunt Marta Cano, José's sister. According to Geragos, Andy had testified successful the brothers' archetypal proceedings that began successful 1993; however, by the 2nd proceedings successful 1996 helium "was demeaned arsenic making this up, oregon was not true."

"This missive present shows oregon corroborates that Andy was telling the truth," Geragos said. "The missive describes the abuse."

As to the claims by Roy, the erstwhile Menudo subordinate signed a declaration successful 2023 regarding José's alleged battle of the singer. Geragos reiterated that it "took large courage" for Roy to travel guardant aft each these years and that the accusation was "incredibly important," particularly due to the fact that the battle allegedly happened successful the Menendez house.

Geragos noted that the declaration "corroborates the information that the harmless spot that José thought helium had was successful the house."

"It corroborates what the household said was the precise uncomfortable regularisation successful that house," helium continued, "that you could not spell down the hallway if José was with 1 of the boys. That was the crushed upon which helium preyed."

According to Geragos, Lyle, 56, and Erik, 53, believed they had exhausted each of their ineligible remedies arsenic of 2005 and had "resigned themselves to being successful situation for the remainder of their lives." But he's hopeful that with the caller information, the 2 tin beryllium resentenced.

The brothers' names person been making headlines implicit the past twelvemonth acknowledgment to the caller evidence, arsenic good the Netflix documentary Menendez Brothers and Ryan Murphy's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez story miniseries.

In the documentary, Lyle and Erik elaborate the maltreatment they faced astatine the hands of their father, with Lyle explaining that helium "deeply did not privation to speech astir thing that happened successful our past."

Defense adept witness Dr. Ann Burgess noted successful the doc that aft gathering with the men soon aft the murders, she was definite that determination had "to beryllium thing going connected successful the household for this to person happened."

"That is not thing that they request money, oregon immoderate different motive, oregon revenge, oregon each of the different motives that we could deliberation of," she continued. "I said, 'Something is precise incorrect successful the family.'"