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Menendez Brothers’ Fate To Be Decided By End Of Week, L.A. DA George Gascón Tells CNN


In the middle of a bleak reelection campaign, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is clearly continuing to hope the Menendez brothers could shift his political fortunes. Weeks after giving a press conference to say he was “reviewing” newish evidence of the sexual abuse the brothers allegedly suffered from their father and amidst public pressure […]

Weeks after giving a press conference to say he was “reviewing” newish evidence of the sexual abuse the brothers allegedly suffered from their father and amidst public pressure to shown leniency to Eric and Lyle Menendez, DA Gascón told CNN today that the case just might be taking a dramatic turn in the next few days. It has to be said, the DA was honest in admitting that “the public attention to this case” with the success of Ryan Murphy ’s Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and a series of documentaries on the brothers had certainly played a role in what he is clearly thinks could be a vote winner. After the DA election, the hearing next month has been set on the petition by brothers Erik, 55, and Lyle, 56, that they were the subject of sexual abuse by their music industry exec father, as was at least one member of the boy band Menudo.

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