The Menendez Brothers’ Aunt Joan on Why They Must Be Freed: “They Were Used and Abused, and There Seems to Be No End to It”

Joan VanderMolen , Kitty Menendez’s older sister, has been a staunch supporter of Erik and Lyle Menendez since 1990 , when they were charged with murdering their parents with shotguns in the den of their Beverly Hills home.

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair , she reveals intimate details of how she and her sister grew up, including how Kitty didn't leave their father Jose Menendez .

The DA announced last week that he's considering new evidence in the case.

Joan Rivers : "I don’t understand these women that can love people that are not gentlemen" She says Kitty should have left Jose long before the murders.

Rivers: Kitty was beside herself half the time when they were being mistreated by her father.

The boys were both at his beck and call. You couldn't talk to Jose . Nobody wanted to be there to do that.

"It's just unreal that they’ve been in there 35 years . It’s unconscionable. The whole family feels this way. We're just trying to hold on and do what we can to help them. They’re in the hands of the law. I hope the law gets it figured out. You know, if it was their kids they'd be out of jail. It makes me sick that Erik had to go through that.