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Menendez Family Holds Press Conference

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12 months ago

March 20, 2025

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Menendez Brothers
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Published March 20, 2025 8:51 AM PDT

Erik and Lyle Menendez‘s family members are holding another rally to support the incarcerated brothers … and, it’s aimed at calling out District Attorney Nathan Hochman.

Family representatives for the Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition are set to speak in just a few minutes outside D.A. Hochman’s office in Downtown L.A. According to a press release, the group is set to discuss Hochman’s “relentless fixation on the past, as he continues to dismiss who Erik and Lyle are today.”

Before the press conference even began, citizens gathered on the street overlooking the area to show support for the brothers … bringing signs and wearing shirts calling for justice for Erik and Lyle. One even showed a picture of D.A. Hochman with the words “You’re the liar” scrawled across his face.

The Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition also released a statement reiterating that they will stick by the brothers’ side until the Menendez’s come home … and, they doubled down on the dislike for the D.A. by claiming once again that he’s trying to “ignore and silence victims of sexual abuse.”

As you know … D.A. Hochman has already said he’s turning down the brothers’ resentencing request — calling them out for numerous lies they told in the aftermath of killing their parents and claiming their failure to retract the falsehoods makes it easy for him to shoot down the hearing.

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Worth noting … California Governor Gavin Newsom has already asked the parole board to look at the case — so, the resentencing hearing wasn’t really necessary anyway. Erik and Lyle will go in front of the parole board in June, Newsom recently revealed.

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We spoke with Mark Geragos — Erik and Lyle’s attorney who also cohosts our “2 Angry Men” podcast — and, he blasted Hochman for recycling talking points from the 1990s and for failing to acknowledge the brothers did in fact cop to some of their lies during the trial.

Erik and Lyle are still serving life sentences, without parole, at a prison near San Diego for the shotgun murders of their parents … but, it sounds like they’ve got a lot of people on their side.

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

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3 hours ago

March 1, 2026

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‘Wait Wait’ for February 28. 2026: Live in Bloomington with Lilly King!

An underwater view shows US’ Lilly King competing in a heat of the women’s 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 31, 2024. (Photo by François-Xavier MARIT / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

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This week’s show was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith Salie. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Who’s Bill This Time

State of the Union is Hot; The Tribal Council Convenes Again; A Glow Up In the Doll Aisle

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Bluff The Listener

Our panelists tell three stories about a travel hack in the news, only one of which is true.

Not My Job: Olympic Swimmer Lilly King answers our questions about Lil’ Kings

Olympic Swimmer Lilly King plays our game called, “Lilly King meet these Lil’ Kings” Three questions about short kings.

Panel Questions

Cleaning Out The Cabinet; Bedtime Stacking

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Getting Cozy With Cross Country Skiing; Pickleball’s New Competition; Bees Get Freaky

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All the news we couldn’t fit anywhere else

Predictions

Our panelists predict, after American Girls, what’ll be the next toy to get an update.

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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March 1, 2026

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Zendaya and Tom Holland Are Married, Her Longtime Stylist Claims

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Zendaya and Tom’s Wedding Already Happened …
Y’all Missed It!!!

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March 1, 2026
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Zendaya and Tom Holland are married … so claims her longtime stylist, Law Roach.

Here’s the deal … the celebrity stylist — who started styling Zendaya way back in 2011 — spoke to Access Hollywood on the Actors Awards red carpet where he sang out “The wedding has already happened, you missed it.”

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The AH reporter asks in shock if that’s true … and, Law responds by saying it’s “very true” before walking off.

This isn’t the first time Tom and Zendaya’s relationship status has made headlines on a red carpet … remember at the Golden Globes in 2025, Zendaya had a ring on that finger — and, the next day, we found out the two were engaged.

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Zendaya and Tom met on the set of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in 2016, started dating a couple years later and went public with their relationship in 2021.

We’ve reached out to Tom and Zendaya’s teams … so far, no word back.

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

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15 hours ago

March 1, 2026

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Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once : Up First from NPR

Online prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on wide-ranging subjects such as sports, finance, politics and currents events.

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The rise of prediction markets means you can now bet on just about anything, right from your phone. Apps like Kalshi and Polymarket have grown exponentially in President Trump’s second term, as his administration has rolled back regulations designed to keep the industry in check. Billions of dollars have flooded in, and users are placing bets on everything from whether it will rain in Seattle today to whether the US will take over control of Greenland. Who’s winning big on these apps? And who is losing? NPR correspondent Bobby Allyn joins The Sunday Story to explain how these markets came to be and where they are going.

This episode was produced by Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom and Brett Neely. Fact-checking by Barclay Walsh and Susie Cummings. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez.

We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at TheSundayStory@npr.org.

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