The Menendez brothers’ uncle opposes their release from prison – NBC Los Angeles

In the case of the Menendez brothers, not all murder victims feel the same way about what happened that fateful night of August 20, 1989, in a Beverly Hills mansion.

While Jose and Kitty Menendez’s sisters believe that their nephews Lyle and Erik shot their own parents out of fear of their father, Kitty’s brother takes the complete opposite stance on the matter.

Milton Andersen, Kitty Menendez’s 90-year-old brother, said through an attorney that his nephews’ “cold-blooded actions destroyed their family.”

“Mr. “Anderson believes that the reason his nephews murdered Kitty and her husband was greed,” said Kathy Cady, Andersen’s lawyer, adding that the brothers had learned that their father Jose planned to kill them to be deleted from the will.

“He prefers that (the Menendez brothers) remain in prison because he believes justice requires that,” Cady said.

Andersen’s sister, Joan Andersen VanderMolen, was among a dozen people who gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday to hold a news conference and express support for her release from prison.

On the controversial question of whether the Menendez brothers were sexually abused by their father, Milton Andersen also agreed with previous prosecutors that rape never occurred.

Les Zoeller, the Beverly Hill Police Department detective who investigated the Jose and Kitty murders, also previously said there was no evidence of rape and sexual abuse.

“It’s a big fairy tale,” Zoeller, who died in 2021, told NBC Los Angeles in 2017. “They murdered the best witnesses we had.”

The Menendez brothers’ uncle also criticized Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, saying the decision to consider the brothers’ possible release from prison was politically motivated.

“(Gascón) is certainly concerned that this is not about justice,” Cady said. “This case is before the courts. It is not a court of public opinion.”

Cady claimed that previous Los Angeles district attorneys, including “the previously assigned district attorney,” kept Andersen informed of all developments in the Menendez case until Gascón took office.

“It is really inappropriate to find out, especially from the media, what is going on in your sister’s murder case. and there is a lack of complete respect for the rights of victims,” said Andersen’s lawyer.

Gascón said Wednesday that a decision in the Lyle and Erik Menendez case could come “within the next 10 days or so.”

A new hearing is scheduled for November 26th.

“Mr. Andersen is now 90 years old. He has lived without his sister for many, many years. And he definitely deserves to have every decision made for the right reasons,” said Andersen’s lawyer.