Rosie O’Donnell Says ‘There’s So Much New Evidence’ in Menendez Brothers Case [Video]

Rosie O’Donnell is speaking out on the Menendez brothers amid the renewed attention their case is getting.

O’Donnell, who has been a longtime advocate of Lyle and Erik Menendez, spoke to News Nation after Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced at a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 3, that he is “keeping an open mind” about the Menendez brothers’ bid for release.

O’Donnell told host Chris Cuomo that the brothers are “hesitant to hope after being in prison for 35 years and being abused for his childhood up to that point.”

She added, “These men don’t have a lot of bandwidth to hope for what exactly happened.”

Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 when they burst into the den of their home in Beverly Hills, Calif., with 12-gauge shotguns and fatally shot their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, while the couple watched TV on Aug. 20, 1989.

Jose, the head of RCA Records at the time of his murder, …