Gascon not noted brother of Kitty Menenedez, attorney says

Los Angeles County District Legal professional George Gascon has not noted credibility problems associated with new proof that brought on him to announce his advice that the Menendez brothers be re-sentenced for the 1989 murders in their folks so that you could “rewrite historical past,” an lawyer for the brothers’ uncle stated. 

Milton Andersen, the 90-year-old brother of Mary “Kitty” Menendez, has antagonistic the discharge of his nephews. His lawyer, Kathleen Cady, stated Gascon has not noted repeated requests that Andersen learn on any resolution taken via the DA’s place of business.

“Regardless of a lot of requests, Gascón has refused to tell Mr. Andersen of any selections earlier than retaining press meetings,” Cady stated in a observation. “Mr. Andersen has been left at midnight, compelled to be told an important updates about his sister’s case throughout the media, reasonably than being handled with the distinction and recognize he merits.”

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Gascon first of all introduced he would evaluate the case in mild of recent “proof,” which contains new allegations that the brothers’ father, Jose Menendez, molested Roy Rossello, a former member of the boy band Menudo, within the Nineteen Eighties, in addition to a letter that Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, that surfaced in 2015, during which he talked concerning the alleged sexual abuse. 

“It’s unconscionable that Gascon, whose moral legal responsibility is to pursue justice with integrity, has not noted my more than one notifications about people coming ahead with data that significantly questions the credibility of the so-called ‘new proof’ on this case,” stated Cady. “But, Gascón has proven no real interest in reviewing or investigating this proof, turning a blind eye to doable flaws in his pursuit to rewrite historical past.”

Gascon stated he plans to suggest a sentence of fifty years to existence for each and every of the brothers, which might lead them to right away eligible for parole underneath state regulation as a result of they had been underneath 26 on the time of the murders.

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The Menendez brothers might be launched from jail after Los Angeles County District Legal professional George Gascon stated he would again a transfer that they be resentenced for the murders in their folks. (Fox Information)

Each shot their folks more than one instances as they had been staring at tv inside of their Beverly Hills mansion. After a mistrial, the pair used to be convicted and sentenced to existence in jail with out the potential of parole.

“They have got been in jail for almost 35 years,” Gascon stated Thursday. “I imagine that they’ve paid their debt to society.”

Any re-sentencing should be licensed via a pass judgement on, he famous. 

Throughout Thursday’s announcement, Joan VanderMolen, niece of Kitty Menendez, stated the DA’s place of business took a “courageous and compassionate step ahead” and “hanging justice over politics” via his advice.

“This is a reputation of the abuse my cousins persisted,” she stated. “That is about reality, justice and therapeutic.”

The DA’s place of business informed Fox Information Virtual on Friday that Cady and Andersen had been invited to the place of business on Oct. 16 to assemble enter on a conceivable re-sentencing. 

“Ms. Cady informed our place of business that she and Mr. Anderson had been unavailable. Our place of business held a gathering that day to permit greater than a dozen members of the family to satisfy with Deputy-In-Fee Nancy A. Theberge and Assistant Head Deputy Brock Lunsford,” Gascon’s place of business stated in a observation. “The DA does now not for my part meet with sufferers’ households. With greater than 100,000 instances prosecuted via our place of business yearly, such conferences would now not be possible or honest.”

“We’ve presented to time table a separate assembly with Ms. Cady and her consumer, who lives out of state,” the observation persisted. “Alternatively, Ms. Cady declined that as smartly, who prefer to satisfy with the DA or no person.”

Critics stated the timing of Gascon’s announcement got here amid a difficult re-election marketing campaign in opposition to former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman. 

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Los Angeles County District Legal professional George Gascon addresses the media right through a press convention on tendencies in relation to brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez on Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photograph/Eric Thayer)

In a observation, Hochman famous that Gascon won the brothers’ habeas corpus petition in Would possibly 2023 and request for re-sentencing in February. 

“But, he has waited till days earlier than the November 5 election, 30 issues down within the polls with articles coming about how his failed insurance policies have ended in further murders of blameless other folks, to liberate his advice for re-sentencing,” Hochman stated. 

With the intention to salvage his political profession, Gascon used to be keen to “manipulate the info,” stated Cady. 

Lyle and Erik Menendez are recently serving existence sentences for the murders in their folks, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, in 1996. (Ronald L. Soble/Los Angeles Instances by the use of Getty Photographs)

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“His selections should be grounded actually and regulation, now not a last-ditch effort to sway citizens,” she stated. “Gascón’s failure to uphold his moral duties is a shame, and the sufferers of this horrific crime, together with Mr. Andersen, deserve some distance higher than being pawns in a political candidate’s sport.”