The extended family of brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have been imprisoned since being convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents, said they are hurt and disappointed after Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman rejected their bid for a new trial.

Attorneys for the brothers, who were sentenced to life without parole for shooting their parents, Jose and Kitty, to death at their Beverly Hills, California, home, said new evidence of sexual abuse by Jose Menendez emerged, and that the brothers had the support from most of their extended family.

But Hochman filed an informal response Feb. 21, urging the Los Angeles County Superior Court to reject a habeas petition filed by the brothers’ attorneys in 2023 that seeks a reexamination of their case that centers in part on the sexual abuse allegations.

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