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Nearly three decades after the 1996 sentence for the killings of parents, Menandez brothers tried to create a new way towards potential freedom this time with the help of Hollywood.
From Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyl and Eric Menandage Story”, who received an eyebrow-raging 11 ami enrollment for viral podcasts, media spotlight ruled the public debate on their case and set a platform for resentment and parole dialects.
Critics argue that new focus is less about justice and more about entertainment.
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Lile and Eric Menandez overlayed as youth with their Magshots. Brothers, in 1996, their parents, Jose and Mary Lewis are serving a life sentence for the killings of “Kitty” Menandage. (Ronald L. Sobble/Los Angeles Times through Getty Image)
Adam Guilet, president of accuracy in the media, told Fox News Digital, “Menandez Brothers’ displeasure speaks directly to power and affects social media and new media on our society.”
“Why did the District Attorney of Los Angeles again have the matter again? Was it a sudden public safety issue for its components? No, but it received a tonne attention on podcast and on Netflix.”
Supporters of Eric and Lile Menandez looked at the spotlight differently, arguing that the renewed public interest has highlighted childhood misuse and trauma that brothers say they tolerate while raising their guilded beavarly hills.
His lawyers say the series, films and podcasts made it to a more sympathetic scene about the brothers’s shotgun killings in 1989 and made a push for other occasions.
Cooper Coach, Left, who played Eric Menandage on Netflix’s “Monsters”, appears outside the Los Angeles Courthouse on 11 April 2025. A judge eventually agreed to reduce the sentences of Menandez Brothers. (KTTV)
How pop culture revives her story
Brothers, who were 18 and 21 years old at the time of murders, were familiar with media frenzy for a long time. His first test in the 1990s was a television spectacle that attracted millions, and over the years, the story of the brothers has been repeatedly prepared on the screen.
Lifetime film “Menandez: Blood Brothers” offered a dramaticness, while, recently, Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lile and Eric Menandez Story” The case was presented for a new generation of the audience.
The cultural resonance expanded beyond the scripted drama, with reality star Kim Kardashian with people interested in the case.
After the Netflix series, Kardashian visited his brothers in his San Diego Jail. After his visit, Kardashian wrote in an op-ed, “They are not demons. They are kind, intelligent and honest men.”
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Kim Kardashian said on Thursday that the convicted killers could be issued for six months after the recommendations of the prosecutors. (Kim Kardashian/Instagram)
After May’s decision, which allowed Eric and Lile Menandage to happen Resentment for 1989 murders Among his parents, Kardashian resorted to social media to congratulate the pair.
At that time, the district attorney of Los Angeles wrote, “Thank you, George Gacon, Menandez Brothers to re -view and correct an important wrong. Your commitment to truth and fairness is commendable.”
“For brothers’ families, friends and millions of people who have been an outspoken supporters – your voices were heard.”
Kim Kardashian has expressed his support for the Menandage brothers. (James Davney)
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The 44 -year -old socialite has been a vocal advocate of the gel reform and has previously worked with Trump White House to be found guilty of non -violent crimes for many convicts.
How the bid for resentment started
A snap of Eric Menandage since childhood. (Menandage Family/A&E Network)
The route to the Reta of Menandez Brothers began in 2023, when his defense team filed a captive corpus petition, which presented new evidence of long -oriented abuse.
The submission was a letter by Eric Menandage in 1988 to mention his father’s abuse, as well as the claims of former Menudo member Roy Rosello, who alleged that Jose Menandez had sexually assaulted him years ago.
Los Angeles County’s District Attorney George Gaskon, Right, Los Angeles on October 24, 2024, after addressing the brothers Eric and Lile Menandez’s case at a news conference at Hall of Justice at Los Angeles at Los Angeles, shake hands with family members. (AP Photo/Demian Dovergans)
As of October 2024, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gaskon captured the petition, lowering the sentences of the brothers to 50 years of parole without lowering life.
His decision, which would make men eligible for parole under the young criminal laws of California, came in a moment when their own election campaign was struggling and their election numbers were faltering.
The process of resentment proved to be turbulent, with several hearing due to scheduleing conflicts and disastrous California forest fire.
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hocheman spoke to the media on 13 May 2025 outside the court in Van Nuies, California. (Derek shook for Fox News Digital)
After the re-election of Gaskon, the newly-to-time-to-no-time district Attorney Nathan Hochaman attempted to reverse the course, arguing that the brothers had never taken full responsibility for their crimes and repentance.
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A sketch depicts Eric and Lile Menandage as they appear remotely in the Superior Court in Van Nuies, California on 11 April 2025. (Bill Rawbles)
But in April 2025, a judge ruled that the process would proceed despite the objections of Hochman. On 13 May, the Menandage brothers were formally angered for life for 50 years, opening the door to the parole considering.
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During this process, the extended family of brothers has been stable in supporting its release.
On Thursday, the parole board denied Eric Menandez’s bid for release in San Diego. On Friday, the parole board also denied the bid of the Lile Menandage for release.
Fox News’ Brey Stimson contributed to this report.
