“Could Kim Kardashian Unlock Freedom for the Menendez Brothers? Shocking Claims from Erik’s Stepdaughter!”
In May 2019, the 43-year-old socialite helped negotiate the release of another low-level drug offender from prison and met with then-imprisoned Slam star Momolu Stewart, who was convicted of murder and served 22 years in prison, People reported.
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Joseph âLyleâ and his younger brother Erik gained infamy in the early 1990s for brutally murdering their wealthy parents, José and Mary Louise âKittyâ Menéndez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
The brothers initially staged the crime scene to look like a random act of violence, but their lavish spending and questionable behavior raised suspicions.
The trial revealed a history of alleged sexual abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics, leading to a sensationalized case that captivated the public.
Kim Kardashian and Cooper Koch, who played Erik in Monsters, went to the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in California
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In 1996, the brothers, aged 28 and 25 at the time, were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
During the brothersâ first six-month trial in 1993, prosecutors said Lyle and Erik purchased shotguns shortly before they used them to pre-meditatively kill their parents for financial gain, as they stood to inherit a substantial fortune, a $14 million inheritance, to be precise, Court TV reported.
At the time, the defense reportedly argued self-defense, saying the boys suffered from years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their father, José.
