O'Donnell's support for the convicted murderer goes back to the mid-'90s, but they wouldn't meet until decades later.

Erik and Lyle Menendez appeared at a court hearing Friday and won the right to proceed with their resentencing hearing, over the DA's objection.

Friday’s court session attracted a notable crowd, including actor Cooper Koch, who plays Erik in Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, alongside Erik’s wife, Tammi Menendez ...

This is comedian and actor Rosie O'Donnell. Monica Schipper / Getty Images And this is Lyle Menendez, who was convicted in 1996 alongside his brother Erik Menendez of murdering his parents in 1989.

The actor herself had experience with the subject ... Picture: AFP Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez, right, have been in jail since the 1990s. Picture: AP Since then, the pen pals have ...