The Menendez brothers, who killed their parents in a 1989 Beverly Hills living room ambush with rifles, have a new chance at freedom after the Los Angeles district attorney’s office recommended reduced sentences for them this week.

They had previously exhausted all appeals and were serving life sentences without the possibility of parole from them conviction in the 1990s.

A change in public awareness of how sexual abuse affects male victims, renewed scrutiny after a series of TV documentaries and dramatizations, and alleged new evidence in the case all played a role in Prosecutor George’s decision Gascon, the district attorney told reporters Thursday.

But now that they have a real chance at freedom, pop culture expert Perez Hilton says the recent release of Gypsy Rose Blanchardwho pleaded guilty to participating in the slaying of her abusive mother in 2016, may offer a clue as to what will happen next for the siblings. She became an overnight internet sensation after her release.

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Lyle Menendez, left, and his brother Erik, pictured in their latest photo taken on Oct. 10, 2024. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)

Prospects for money

Calling himself “Perez-stradamus” in a nod to French astrologer Nostradamus, Perez predicts the brothers will have a chance to make money on their first day.

Just by the way telling their own storieshe said — even though they were stripped of their multimillion-dollar inheritances under a state law that bars killers from profiting from their victims’ deaths.

“They’re going to have a smart team of whoever they would need — an agent, a manager or a publicist, a business manager,” Hilton told Fox News Digital. “They will set them up financially for the rest of their lives.”

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson, right, in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing on November 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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The other side of this intense public interest in their case – is close attention from the paparazzi, Hilton predicted.

“It’s going to be even more than what we’ve seen in the last few weeks and months after them, the paparazzi guaranteed,” he told Fox News Digital. “There will be at least one or two photographers and videographers dedicated to them wherever they end up in the United States.”

The exterior of the Menendez brothers’ former mansion in 1989, showing the sprawling pool. (Clark Fogg, Forensic Specialist, Beverly Hills Police Department)

Love life

At least one brother can make it divorcedhe predicted.

“Imagine if all of a sudden you’ve been locked up in prison for 34-plus years, you married someone because you didn’t think you’d get out – and then all of a sudden you’re free,” said Hilton for Fox News. Digital. “You’re on social media. You quickly learn the ways of social media and the thing is, even in prison they had women sending them letters. This is how they met their wives… their DMS will be flooded”.

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Erik Menendez, left, and his brother Lyle, outside their Beverly Hills home. They are prime suspects in their parents’ murders. (Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Public perception

The brothers have gained a lot of support thanks to the recent attention brought to their case by the streaming docuseries.

The same interest that could get them book deals and production contracts will pay them, Hilton noted.

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“There’s a lot of goodwill for the Menendez brothers, (but) people, not all, but a lot of people will turn against them,” he predicted.

An undated photo of the Menendez family as it appears on screen during a panel at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tenn., on June 2. Brothers Lyle and Erik were convicted of fatally shooting their parents in 1989. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

Buying a new multimillion-dollar home or a flashy car could end up rubbing people the wrong way, he said.

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However, unlike other Los Angeles residents such as OJ Simpson, Harvey Weinstein and, more recently, Sean “Diddy” Combs, the brothers can say that they too have been victims.

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016, when she was 24, for her role in the plot to kill her abusive mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, in the home of Missouri in 2015 with her help since then. – beloved She became an overnight internet sensation after her release from prison. (Lifetime/ A&E)

“None of these people are victims,” ​​he said. “Gypsy Rose Blanchard she’s a victim and that’s one of the reasons she’s been able to monetize as well as she has since her release from prison.

“So I think the fact that it was documented, according to this new evidence and according to their testimony from decades ago and consistent to this day, that they were victims will help them continue to get a lot of empathy from people.”

If Los Angeles Judge William Ryan agrees with the reduced sentence recommendation, the brothers will be eligible for parole.

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They still have to get approval from the parole board and the governor before they can be released.