Still studying law, Kim Kardashian never misses an opportunity to promote prisoner forgiveness and fight for prison reform. While the story of the Menendez brothers, murderers of their parents, is on everyone’s minds (because it was adapted into a recent Netflix series), the reality TV star is clear: they must be released.
Since passing (on her fourth attempt) the first year law exam in California, Kim Kardashian has continued her training as a lawyer while working as much as she can for prison reform and for the inmates there. she considers unjustly condemned. After the release of the Netflix series “Monsters”, based on the true story of the Menendez brothers who murdered their parents in 1989, the reality TV star looks into this affair and published an open letter on “NBC”. calling for the release of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
“Physically and psychologically, time makes us evolve and I think no one can claim to be the same person they were at 18. I know that this is not my case,” she began before recalling that today’s brothers, 56 and 53 years old, have always explained that they killed their parents after years of sexual, physical and psychological on their part.
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“The murders are not forgivable. It’s clear. But we can’t ignore the people they have become today in their 50s. »
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A lack of« empathy » according to « Kim K »
After a quick recap of the high-profile trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez in 1996 (at the end of which they were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole), Kim Kardashian deplores a lack of attention during the study of the evidence: “The media made monsters out of these brothers – two arrogant, rich kids living in Beverly Hills who killed their parents out of greed. There was no room for empathy, or even sympathy. »
With the release of the Netflix series directed by Ryan Murphy on September 19, the Menendez brothers’ affair is back in the headlines. But this is not without displeasing those mainly concerned. The younger of the two, Erik, deplored in a press release the lack of veracity of this fiction based on his own life (in particular his alleged incestuous relationship with his older brother, according to the Netflix show).
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“It is with a heavy heart that I say this: I believe that Ryan Murphy cannot be so inaccurate and imprecise about our history without having bad intentions,” he wrote on his Facebook page. An attack to which the director responded strongly: “I find it fascinating that they are playing the victim card at the moment. As if we were going to pity them. I find this reprehensible and disgusting. »
For Kim Kardashian, these are « not monsters »
It is surely this indirect confrontation, through press releases and interviews, which made Kim Kardashian react publicly. « I spent time with Lyle and Erik, they’re not monsters. They are kind, intelligent and honest “, she wrote in her open letter. « In prison, they both have exemplary disciplinary records. As their case regains attention – and following the revelation of the existence of a letter written by Erik to his cousin in 1988, which describes the sexual abuse – I hope that Erik and Lyle Menendez can obtain a reduction of sentence. »
Often criticized on her legitimacy or not in speaking out on such complex matters, given her past as a reality TV star, Kim Kardashian nevertheless continues to speak out for what she believes in: “We owe it to these little boys who lost their childhood, and never had the chance to be heard, helped or saved. »
In an episode of his family reality show, « Keeping Up with the Kardashians”, the one who made her clan global superstars, explained that she wanted to follow in the footsteps of her father, Robert Kardashian, lawyer who defended OJ Simpson: « My goal would be, in ten years, to stop being “Kim K” and just focus on this job, being a lawyer and fighting for people who deserve a second chance. »
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