In the new interview, the 63-year-old domestic host and former speech Turkish host found that Menendez was the first "flat man" she ever "loved" and "reliable".

According to Rosie O'Donnell, their relationship has developed through regular phone calls and letters over the years.

"He started calling me regularly from the tablet phone they have," she shared with New York Times. "He would tell me about your life, what he does in prison, and the first time in my life I felt safe enough to believe and be vulnerable and loved straight."

Lyle was sentenced to his younger brother, Erik, for the killings of his parents from 1989. years, José and Kitty Menendeza. Both were sentenced to life in prison without a parole, although now they are looking for a disorder that could give them immediate eligibility for parole.

Discovering O'Donnell is coming to the pivotal time for MeneNendez brothers, which each served more than 35 years behind the bars. As reported NBC NewsOn Friday, the southern Californian judge gave a green light for a legal examination that could result in new sentences. Judge Court in Los Angeles Jesic Degirls the proposal from the District Prosecutor who tried to annul the previous recommendation for reducing life-brothers without a parole of up to 50 years in life.

With rocks scheduled for 17. and 18. April, the outcome could also make Lyle and Eric fulfillment of a conditional conditional conditional.

O'Donnell's relationship with Lyla dates in 1996. when he expressed his support brothers during the appearance on "Larry King alive." At that time, he expressed the belief in his claims that the murders were committed in self-defense after years of alleged abuse.

Shortly afterwards, Lyle sent her a letter, thank her for standing for them, although he did not answer initially, a decision rooted in his own trauma. O'Donnell found that "she and her brothers and sisters abused their father," and said Lyle felt that "she 'knew' from the personal place to be true."

"At that point I did not embark on anywhere near this in my family or in his therapy," she said Time.

Only 2022. year, after watching the documentary on Mendendez case and discussed the missile, that two are re-connected. Lyle's wife, Rebecca Sneed, allegedly reached to see if O'Donnell would be interested in talking to him again.

Their first telephone conversation lasted three hours. Since then, two maintained a close friendship through regular correspondence, and O'Donnell even visited him in prison.

Menendez brothers were convicted of murdering the first degree after two separate trials of the 1990s. They claimed that the murders came from the years of abuse, saying Lyle faced his father, the executive director for entertainment, about the alleged harassment of Erik and threatened to expose him. According to Lyle, his father's reaction felt threatening.

Prosecutors have long rejected the charges of abuse, claiming instead that the murders were calculated by the actions led by financial gains.

La District Prosecutor Nathan Hochman said that the evidence, the photocopy of the untidy letter Eric claims that they sent to the relative in December 1988, not fulfilling the legal threshold necessary to approve a new trial.

In February, the journalist ordered the State Board for the Conditional Administration to perform "Risk Assessment" to determine whether the brothers will represent a significant threat to public safety if they are released. The findings are expected by June.