New Los Angeles DA Asks ‘What’s the Point’ of Watching Menendez Brothers Series After Taking Their Case

New Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has a message for fans of Erik and Lyle Menendez: don’t rush to judgment as their December 11 eulogy approaches.

Hochman, 60, told The Daily Beast that he thinks many fans of the Menendez brothers’ true-crime series don’t fully understand the case.

The Menendez brothers, now 53 and 56, are serving life without parole at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego after being convicted of murdering their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, with a shotgun in 1989.

Hochman says the sudden interest in the Menendez brothers is likely due to a Netflix series and documentary about their crimes. To stay focused, the incoming DA said he hasn’t been watching either.

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Nathan Hochman at the Los Angeles District Attorney Candidate Forum at Pacific Palms Resort. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

“I didn’t want to see them,” he said. “What’s the point? I’d rather read the book.”

Hochman admitted he only remembers bits and pieces of the case from 30 years ago, but that’s why he plans to carefully dig into the facts. The Menendez case is a “high priority,” Hochman told The Daily Beast.

Hochman added, “Anytime a particular case gets this level of attention, it’s even more important to get it right.”

Hochman, a Republican, won the seat decisively earlier this month, earning 61.46% of the vote, while Democratic incumbent George Gascón had 38.54%, according to data released by the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office. He says he won’t be influenced by celebrities, including personality Kim Kardashian and actor Cooper Koch, who played Erik Menendez in the Netflix series.

Before leaving office, Gascón asked a judge to reduce the brothers’ charges to manslaughter, which some say was a move to help his re-election campaign.

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Erik Menendez, left, and his brother Lyle listen during a Dec. 29, 1992, court hearing in Los Angeles after the two pleaded not guilty in the August 1989 shotgun deaths of their wealthy parents, Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills, California. (Vince Bucci/AFP via Getty Images)

Some superfans also hoped the brothers could be released as soon as Thanksgiving after filing a habeas corpus petition last May with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 26, but their appeal is set for Dec. 11. Hochman is expected to request an extension from the judge.

The Menendez family has called for the brothers’ immediate release and asked to skip the parole process. But even if a judge agrees to impose the sentence, parole can still take a year. On top of that, Governor Gavin Newsom could block their release.

Another possibility is clemency from Newsom. Of the case, he said: “What matters are the facts. What matters is fairness and justice. Not treating them worse because they’re celebrities, not treating them better.”

The brothers admitted to killing their parents but claimed it was self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father. Prosecutors argued that was not true, saying the brothers killed for money.

Erik Menendez listens as his attorney Leslie Abramson speaks as his brother Lyle sits in a Los Angeles courtroom on March 9, 1994. (Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)

Prosecutors at the time pointed to $700,000 in spending in the weeks after the murders, including Porsche vehicles and Rolex watches. The jury agreed and sentenced them to life without parole. Although the brothers were initially in separate prisons, they were reunited in San Diego in 2018.

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Hochman will officially assume the position of Los Angeles County DA on December 2.

He did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.