Menendez Brothers File Motion to Disqualify District Attorney Ahead of Resentencing Hearing

Lyle and Erik Menendez have filed a movement to disqualify Los Angeles District Lawyer Nathan Hochman from taking part of their upcoming resentencing listening to.

The brothers, now 57 and 54, have spent 35 years behind bars for the 1989 murders of their dad and mom, Kitty and Jose Menendez. After a 1993 mistrial, they have been convicted in 1996 and sentenced to life with out parole. For many years, they’ve fought for freedom, claiming self-defense after enduring years of sexual and bodily abuse.

In 2024, then-District Lawyer George Gascón moved to scale back their sentence to 50 years to life, making them parole-eligible. Nevertheless, Gascón misplaced re-election to Hochman, who withdrew the resentencing advice.

In February, Gov. Gavin Newsom requested “Complete Threat Assessments” for the brothers. Decide Michael Jesic had not reviewed them earlier than the April seventeenth listening to, inflicting one other delay. A brand new listening to is about for Might ninth to find out if the stories are admissible.

On April twenty fifth, the brothers’ legal professionals moved to disqualify Hochman, citing conflicts of curiosity. “The DA admits they’ve a battle of curiosity and claims they constructed an moral wall. However the one folks walled off are the victims on this case who unanimously need the brothers launched and residential,” lawyer Mark Geragos instructed Folks.

The 160-page movement argues, “The document exhibits a battle that renders it unlikely Erik and Lyle can obtain a good resentencing listening to, recusal is correct.” It concludes, “The general public is entitled to a course of that seems honest.”