Two prosecutors say they faced retaliation for supporting the Menendez brothers' resentencing
Two Los Angeles County prosecutors claimed in new legal filings that they were demoted and faced retaliation for supporting the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Two Los Angeles County prosecutors claimed in new legal filings that they were demoted and faced retaliation for supporting the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Prosecutors Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford filed government claims Monday alleging they were transferred out of the district attorney's office's resentencing unit due to their work supporting the brothers’ resentencing and for their perceived political association with George Gascón, the former Los Angeles County District Attorney.
Theberge’s filing further claimed she was subjected to discriminatory treatment due to her age and gender. Her filing said office leadership treated her differently from younger, male colleagues, “undermining her authority and professional standing.”
Both Theberge and Lunsford had supported the resentencing of Eric and Lyle Menendez and from October 2024 began to attend meetings about the the motion for resentencing.
The Menendez brothers were convicted of their parents’ murders in 1989 and in 1996 they were sentenced to life in prison without parole. They remain incarcerated in a California prison.
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