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Menendez Brothers’ Press Conference: Family’s Statements About Lyle & Erik

Lyle and Erik’s relatives held a press conference on October 16, calling for a possible re-sentencing for the incarcerated brothers.

On Wednesday, October 16, several relatives spoke out in support of the brothers, including Kitty Menendez ‘s sister, Joan Anderson VanderMolen. While taking to the podium in front of reporters, Joan called the murders of Lyle and Erik’s late parents “tragic” but emphasized that the siblings committed the crime as a result of their father’s “cruelty.” Since their 1996 convictions, Lyle and Erik have maintained the claim that they killed their parents out of self-defense after years of alleged emotional, physical and sexual abuse at home.

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