According to attorney Bryan Freedman, who is representing family members of the brother’s victims, Erik and Lyle Menendez may not be getting a fair chance at freedom.
On Sunday, December 15 TMZ shared a letter from Freedman to Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman. In the letter, Freedman questions why the only person Hochman has met with is a lawyer for a family member who is adamantly against his brother’s conviction. (Most family members supported Erik and Lyle’s release.)
The letter reads: “Nathan, as I mentioned to you the day after the election… I am representing over 20 family members of Jose and Kitty Menendez… However, there are concerns that your process of gathering information from the victim was unfair instead of wanting to to meet with family members of the victims who can share their personal experiences from years of watching and directly talking to Lyle and Erik, you decided to first meet with Milton Anderson’s attorney… That does not mean my client makes sense.”
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Freedman says it’s strange that Hochman is talking to Anderson (the men’s uncle), who hasn’t communicated with them since their incarceration, unlike family members who have relationships with Erik, 54, and Lyle, 56, and can allegedly testify. who they are today.
“I thought that when you are ready to meet or talk to the victims that you would like to meet or hear from the victims who knew Lyle and Erik best over the last 30 years in prison,” Freedman wrote. “Instead of that happening, I was very surprised to read that you instead spoke to a lawyer representing the only family member who has not had contact with Erik and Lyle in the last 30+ years.
The high-powered attorney then accuses the DA of possible bias, writing: “Was it Kathy Cady (Anderson’s attorney) that you met with on behalf of Milton Anderson? If so, how was the meeting with Kathy Cady arranged? Did she support you? Did her support your campaign or her writing a published op-ed to Milton Anderson any advantage that his lawyer could meet with you?
Erik and Lyle have been behind bars for the past 34 years for killing their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, in 1989. The brothers claimed the killing was self-defense and alleged that their parents abused them physically and sexually. Both men will be in court next month as their lawyer asked for a re-sentencing.
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