Kim Kardashian celebrates Menendez brothers’ ‘second chance at life’ after DA requests resentencing

Kim Kardashian commended Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón for “righting a important wrong” by requesting that the Menendez brothers beryllium resentenced for nan 1989 murders of their parents.

“Your committedness to fairness and truth is commendable,” nan “Kardashians” star, 44, wrote successful a connection to Gascón, 70, via her Instagram Story Thursday.

Kardashian past addressed nan galore friends, relatives and supporters of Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez — who, for illustration her, person been fighting for their state — saying, “Your voices were heard.”

The actress, who stars successful Ryan Murphy’s upcoming ineligible play “All’s Fair,” besides took a infinitesimal to in installments nan TV shaper for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

She said nan deed Neflix show “helped expose nan maltreatment and injustices” successful nan brothers’ cases.

Kardashian, who is simply a mother of four, said she believed that “society’s knowing of kid maltreatment has evolved, and societal media empowers america to mobility nan systems successful place.”

In their 1993 trial, Erik and Lyle gave affectional testimonies connected nan stand, alleging that their precocious father, José Menendez, had sexually abused them for galore years passim their lives.

They claimed their mother, Kitty Menendez, was alert of nan alleged maltreatment but did not intervene.

The first execution proceedings resulted successful a hung jury, arsenic jurors were divided connected really to convict nan brothers.

They past had a retrial successful 1995, but overmuch of nan intersexual maltreatment grounds was excluded that time, resulting successful nan execution convictions and sentences for life successful situation without nan anticipation of parole.

Since then, bombshell caller accusation that seemingly corroborates that Erik and Lyle were abused arsenic children has created a ample request for a resentencing.

One cardinal portion of grounds was a statement Erik wrote his now-deceased relative Andy Cano months earlier nan murders that read, “I’ve been trying to debar dad. It’s still happening Andy but it’s worse for maine now.”

Roy Rosselló, a erstwhile personnel of nan boy set Menudo which José helped oversee, has besides travel guardant to allege that nan intermezo executive sexually abused him erstwhile he was 14 years old.

Kardashian added successful her statement, “This lawsuit highlights nan value of challenging decisions and seeking truth, moreover erstwhile guilt is not successful question.”

“I judge successful nan justness system’s expertise to evolve, and I americium grateful for a nine wherever we tin situation decisions and activity justice,” nan reality star, who has been fighting for situation reform for years, continued.

She concluded, “Never extremity questioning.”

Last week, Kardashian explained to Variety why she has been truthful passionate astir nan brothers’ cases aft having seen “Monsters” and it showing her “so overmuch astir abuse.”

“Imagine if nary 1 believed you. … They’ve been successful it for almost 35 years. That’s much than a first-degree execution charge,” she told nan outlet astatine nan Academy Museum Gala connected Oct. 19.

“I americium personification who believes successful 2nd chances and I really judge successful them.” 

Kardashian had besides met pinch nan brothers successful personification during a situation sojourn pinch “Monsters” prima Cooper Koch, who played Erik successful Murphy’s series.

Gascón said successful a property convention that Lyle, 56, and Erik, 53, person been connected “a travel of redemption and rehabilitation” and had “paid their indebtedness to society.”

However, nan territory lawyer noted that it was not an easy determination to petition a resentencing arsenic group successful his agency were divided, pinch immoderate who did not judge nan brothers had been molested and others who thought they had been abused and should beryllium released “immediately.”

“There’s nary excuse for murder, and I will ne'er connote that what we’re doing present is to excuse their behaviour — because moreover if you get abused, nan correct way is to telephone nan constabulary and activity help,” Gascón said.

The last determination is still up to a judge, who will find whether nan Menendez brothers’ caller parole-eligible sentences would alteration to 50 years to life — 25 years for each murder.

However, because they were convicted erstwhile they were nether nan property of 26, they could beryllium categorized arsenic “youth offenders” nether California law, which intends they would beryllium illegible for parole correct away.

A proceeding connected nan matter could beryllium held within 30 to 45 days.

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-330-0226.