Two pieces of evidence that Erik and Lyle Menendez were sexually abused by their father are “not credible,” and corroborating information about their father’s alleged abuse is “extremely lacking,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.
It’s “inconceivable and defies common sense” that a letter Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin Andy Cano nine months before the brothers killed their parents wouldn’t have come out during their testimonies during the brothers’ trials, Hochman said in a Friday news conference.
The brothers’ attorneys submitted the letter as a piece of new evidence in a bid to secure their freedom. Public ...
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