Not less than one acquainted face was noticed at Lyle and Erik Menendez’s pivotal resentencing listening to this week.
Cooper Koch, who portrayed the youthful Menendez brother in Ryan Murphy’s 2024 Netflix sequence “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” was seen strolling into California courtroom on Friday morning, per a clip captured by Fox Native.
Koch, 28, was noticed strolling towards the Van Nuys Courthouse along with his accomplice, Stuart McClave, alongside Erik’s spouse, Tammi Saccoman, and stepdaughter, Talia Menendez.
Erik wed his spouse in the ready room of Folsom State Jail in 1999.
The “Swallowed” actor turned an outspoken champion for the Menendez brothers’ launch after portraying Erik in final yr’s Netflix sequence. Actor Nicholas Alexander Chavez performed the older Menendez brother.
In October, shortly after the then-Los Angeles District Lawyer George Gascón known as for the brothers’ resentencing, Koch launched an announcement in help of them.
“I am overwhelmed with gratitude and hope for the progress we’ve seen today,” the actor wrote on his twin brother’s Instagram Story on the time. “Gascón’s recommendation has ignited a renewed sense of possibility that Lyle and Erik could finally be released after decades behind bars.”
“But, this journey is not over,” he added. “There are still critical steps ahead: the judge must endorse the resentencing, and, if that happens, the parole board must recognize the time they have served as fitting for the crime.”
“Our voices, our unwavering support, remain crucial — not just for the brothers to ensure their release, but also for every victim of sexual abuse fighting to be heard,” Koch stated. “I hope to see Erik and Lyle soon. Free from all of this.”
Loch then launched one other assertion this previous February after Gascón’s successor, District Lawyer Nathan Hochman, opposed the Menendez brothers’ request for a brand new trial.
“I am deeply troubled by the statement made today by District Attorney Nathan Hochman,” the “Monsters” actor wrote on his brother’s Instagram.
“It is still my firm belief that the Menendez brothers did not receive a fair second trial and all of the evidence that supported their claims of sexual, psychological, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their mother and father were not considered,” he added.
“I remain hopeful that there is still a path forward that will lead to their freedom,” he famous, “so I encourage all of their supporters to keep their voices strong.”
Lyle and Erik Menendez are each presently serving life sentences for murdering their mother and father, Jose and Kitty Menendez, with a shotgun of their Beverly Hills dwelling in 1989.
The pair have been arrested in 1990, and Lyle, now 57, and Erik, now 54, have been convicted and sentenced to life in jail in 1996.
Lyle and Erik, who declare they killed their mother and father after struggling sexual abuse by the hands of their father, filed petitions to have their sentences re-evaluated in Might 2023 following new alleged proof within the case.
Moreover Koch, Kim Kardashian has additionally served as an outspoken advocate for the brothers’ launch.
