Reality star mogul Kim Kardashian said this on one of her shows. personal essay NBC News reported Thursday that the trial of the Menendez brothers, who were charged with first-degree murder in the 1990s in connection with the murders of their parents, should be “reconsidered.”
In her essay, Kardashian, an advocate for criminal justice reform, said: “We owe a debt to the boys who lost their childhoods, who were not heard, who were not helped, who never had the chance to be saved.” I wrote it.
Kardashian also said that she has spent time with both Lyle and Eric Menendez and that they are “not monsters.”
“They are kind, intelligent, honest men. They both have exemplary disciplinary records in prison,” she wrote.
Kardashian's essay comes as Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced at a news conference that he would investigate what he claimed was new evidence of alleged sexual abuse by the Menendez brothers. Published on the day.
“We haven't decided on the outcome yet. We're reviewing the information. But I think it's also important to recognize that both men and women can be victims of sexual assault,” Gascón said at a press conference. Ta.
During the press conference, Gascón claimed that his office had received a letter from one of his brothers to another family member stating that he was a victim of sexual abuse.
Gascón said that while none of the information has been confirmed, his office has a “moral and ethical obligation to consider what is presented.”
Kardashian addressed the abuse allegations in her essay.
“After years of abuse and real fear for their lives, Eric and Lyle chose what they thought was the only way out at the time: an unimaginable way to escape a living nightmare,” she wrote.
This new development in the case comes as a Netflix series called “Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez” has been gaining popularity on the streaming service in recent weeks.
