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Kris Jenner is another celebrity with a surprising embroidery Erik and Lyle Menéndez.
During the latest episode Kardashianswhich premiered on Thursday, February 6, Kim Kardashian brought Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, up Ryan Murphywith Monsters The series, saying, “Ryan Murphy told me that his new series – like how he did Jeffrey Dahmer – now the Menéndez brothers.”
Kris, 69, revealed that she has her history with Eric and Lyle. “You know I knew those guys in the 80s,” she noticed. “I knew the children because Erik came and played tennis with his father (Robert Kardashian) on weekends. “
While discussing their case, Kim, 44, he confessed that Her perspective has changed Over the years.
“I remember my father talked about their case,” she explained. “The trial happened when I was 13, so there were great cases I loved talking to my father and this was one of them. Now I’m older and see him from another lens. Knowing what I know now about the system, I just have completely a different view of him. “
Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were arrested in 1990 In two points of first -degree murder After their parents, Kitty and José MenéndezThey were found dead in their home. The siblings later admitted that they had killed their parents after years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
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Their cases ended in abuse in 1994 after The jury was unable to make unanimous decisions. Starting began in 1995, but most evidence of abuse could not be used as a defense. Erik and Lyle-Koji have now been destined to be together-they have been found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without probation in 1996. They continue to complain of the decision, but were rejected until October 2024.
During the Menéndez trial, Robert was a lawyer for Oj Simpson,, that was appointed primary suspect In his own case of murder after his ex -wife Nicole Brown Simpson And her friend Ron Goldman They were mortally stabbed outside her Los Angeles home in 1994. Oj was eventually acquitted of the killing of murder in 1995 after a major criminal trial, but was determined responsible for Brown Simpson and Goldman’s death after being sued by the families at a civil trial. The former athlete died of prostate cancer at the age of 76 in April 2024.
Menéndez brothers used to talk about earlier Create a friendship with OJ -om When they were both behind bars.
“I told him I thought he would understand the public,” Lyle split in an interview with 2018. “I expressed my concern that (lawyer) Robert Shapiro did not allow the truth to tell. I said that I knew that it was obviously not planned and that it crackled in the heat of passion.”
Erik, however, said that the OJ -A verdict had “had a very negative effect” on their case. Proposed in 2018 Menéndez of Murder: Erik tells everyone That the La County District Attorney’s Office needed victory after Simpson was released.
“Since this verdict was so shocking, there was this feeling that extreme injustice had occurred, and now we will have to correct it with every accused who appears,” he noted. “We were the next accused.”
While their previous attempts The decision was rejectedrecent tall TV projects like Monsters, Menéndez brothers And more seemingly offered Erika and Lyle the opportunity for freedom. In October 2024. The Los Angeles District Prosecutor George Gascón Recommended by Judge Erik and Lyle for 50 years, which could make them acceptable for conditional release and prison.
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