IMPACT x Nightline: Menendez Brothers: Monsters or Victims? (10/17)

THURSDAY, OCT. 17
IMPACT x Nightline: “Menendez Brothers: Monsters or Victims?” (306) – Streaming Only on Hulu
Logline: Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their parents, but pleas to free them are growing. New evidence and a reexamination of the Menendez family’s alleged dark secrets give the brothers newfound support. Despite their life sentences, could they walk free?

Extended Logline: This week, “IMPACT x Nightline” revisits the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, brothers who killed their parents, but now there are pleas to free them. New evidence and a reexamination of the Menendez family’s alleged dark secrets are giving the brothers newfound support from celebrities, their relatives, and many others. Despite their life sentences, could they walk free? Tune into “IMPACT x Nightline” to learn more.

The Inside Scoop:

• ABC News Studios’ “IMPACT x Nightline: Menendez Brothers: Monsters or Victims?” begins streaming on Thursday, Oct. 17, only on Hulu.
• The episode, led by “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang, features new interviews with those close to the Menendez brothers or their case, including their cousin Karen VanderMolen-Copley, comedian and friend of Lyle Rosie O’Donnell, their defense attorney Mark Geragos, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
• Additional interviews include the following:
  • William Vicary, former psychiatrist for Erik Menendez
  • Sunny Hostin, lawyer and co-host of “The View”
  • Andrew Wolfberg, a juror in the second Menendez trial
  • Robert Rand, author of “The Menendez Murders”
  • Terry Moran, ABC News correspondent
  • Alan Abrahamson, journalist