As to the claims by Roy, the former Menudo member signed a declaration in 2023 regarding José’s alleged assault of the singer. Geragos reiterated that it “took great courage” for Roy to come forward after all these years and that the information was “incredibly important,” especially because the assault allegedly happened in the Menendez house.
Geragos noted that the declaration “corroborates the fact that the safe place that José thought he had was in the house.”
“It corroborates what the family said was the very uncomfortable rule in that house,” he continued, “that you could not go down the hallway if José was with one of the boys. That was the ground upon which he preyed.”
According to Geragos, Lyle, 56, and Erik, 53, believed they had exhausted all of their legal remedies as of 2005 and had “resigned themselves to being in prison for the rest of their lives.” But he’s hopeful that with the new information, the two can be resentenced.
