Erik and Lyle Mendendez are getting yet another date in court. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday, October 3, that a hearing for the brothers has been set amid new evidence that their father, Jose Menendez , allegedly molested them. “We have been given evidence.
We have been given a photocopy of a letter that allegedly was sent by one of the brothers to another family member talking about him being the victim of molestation,” Gascón said during a press conference, per Variety . “We’ve also got evidence that was provided by the defense, by his lawyers, that one of the members of the [boy band] Menudo alleged that he was molested by the father.” (Jose was working as a music industry executive at the time of his death.
) Gascón said a decision has yet to be made about whether Erik and Lyle will have a new trial or be resentenced in the future. “None of this information has been confirmed,” he explained. “We are not at this point ready to say that we either believe or do not believe that information, but we’re here to tell you is that we have a moral and an ethical obligation to review what is being presented to us and make a determination based on a resentencing side, whether they deserve to be resentenced — even though they were clearly the murderers — because they have been in prison for years and they have paid back their dues to society.
If there was evidence that was not presented to the court at that time, and had that.