A new edition of ABC News Studios IMPACT x Nightline focuses on a decades-old case that has been given a new spotlight recently – that of Erik and Lyle Menendez, asking the question, are they monsters or victims?
What’s Happening:
- Now streaming on Hulu, the latest edition of IMPACT x Nightline revisits the case of the Menendez Brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents over thirty years ago.
- Following the controversial release of Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, a fresh look into the case from a modern perspective has brought new pleas to free the brothers.
- New evidence and a reexamination of the Menendez family’s alleged dark secrets are giving the brothers newfound support from celebrities, their relatives, and many others. Despite their life sentences, could they walk free?
- Led by Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang, this episode features new interviews with those close to the Menendez brothers or their case, including their cousin Karen VanderMolen-Copley, comedian and friend of Lyle, Rosie O’Donnell, their defense attorney Mark Geragos, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
- Additional interviews include the following:
- William Vicary, former psychiatrist for Erik Menendez
- Sunny Hostin, lawyer and co-host of The View
- Andrew Wolfberg, a juror in the second Menendez trial
- Robert Rand, author of The Menendez Murders
- Terry Moran, ABC News correspondent
- Alan Abrahamson, journalist
- IMPACT x Nightline – Menendez Brothers: Monsters or Victims? is now streaming exclusively on Hulu.
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