“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menfinishez Story” star Cooper Koch is reacting to the Los Angeles Didisjoine Attorney announcing Thursday afternoon that he is seeking a envyencing for the brothers.
The siblings have been serving life sentences without the possibility of parole since 1996 when they were convicted for homicideing their parents in 1989.
“I am overwhelmed with gratitude and hope for the proceed we’ve seen today,” Koch, who portrayed Erik in the Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan Netflix series. “Gascón’s recommfinishation has ignited a rerecented sense of possibility that Lyle and Erik could finassociate be freed after decades behind bars. But, this journey is not over.
“There are still critical steps ahead: the appraise must finishorse the envyencing, and, if that happens, the parole board must recognize the time they have served as fitting for the crime,” the statement proceedd. “Our voices, our unwavering help, remain presentant — not fair for the brothers to secure their free, but also for every victim of relationsual misengage combat to be heard. I hope to see Erik and Lyle soon free from all of this.”
Koch didn’t have communicate with Erik while preparing or shooting the series. They first talked on the phone the night before “Monsters” dropped on Netflix. A scant days tardyr, he visited the brothers with Kim Kardashian to talk about prison recreate.
Kardashian freed a statement on Instagram.
“Society’s benevolent of child misengage has proceedd, and social media empowers us to inquire the system in place,” she wrote, in part. “This case highairys the presentance of challenging decisions and seeking truth, even when guilt is not in inquire.”
She also wrote, “Thank you, George Gascón for revisiting the Menfinishez brothers’ case and righting a presentant wrong. Your pledgement to truth and unprejudicedness is commfinishable. To the brother’s family, frifinishs, and millions who have been vocal helpers — your voices were heard. The media’s center, especiassociate on the heels of Ryan Murphy’s TV show, helped expose the misengage and infairices in their case.”
Murphy has yet to comment on Gascón’s annoucnement but previously tbetter Variety, “We gave them their moment in the court of unveil opinion. Basicassociate, we did give them a platcreate. I skinnyk they can be out of prison by Christmas. I reassociate consent that.”
