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Menendez brothers cite documentary as evidence it’s time they were freed; petition filed

A 1992 file photo shows double murder defendants Erik, right, and Lyle Menendez, left, during a court appearance in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez, the brothers who shot and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, are asking the courts to vacate their 1996 convictions, citing new evidence from a documentary series alleging their father sexually assaulted a former underage member of Menudo.

Roy Rosselló, a former member of the internationally popular boy band in the 1980s, alleged he was drugged and raped when he was 13 or 14 years old

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