Kim Kardashian is speaking out in support of Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez. Amid renewed interest in the brothers’ 1989 killings of their parents, José Menendez and Kitty Menendez-which is chronicled in Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story-the reality star explained why she feels the brothers’ life sentences should be “reconsidered.” “I have spent time with Lyle and Erik; they are not monsters,” she declared in an NBC News op-edpublished Oct. 3. “They are kind, intelligent, and honest men.” The SKIMS founder-who met with the brothers at their San Diego prison Sept. 21 alongside Monsters star Cooper Koch-also highlighted Lyle and Erik’s “exemplary” records in prison, adding that at least two dozen of their family members have called for their release. “When I visited the prison three weeks ago,” Kim wrote, “one of the wardens told me he would feel comfortable having them as neighbors.” While the Kardashians star called for a reevaluation of the brothers’ case-in which they were found guilty of first degree murder following two jury trials-she did not absolve them of their misdeeds. “The killings are not excusable. I want to make that clear,” the 43-year-old added. “Nor is their behavior before, during or after the crime.
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