The Menendez brothers could be “out of prison by Christmas” now that the Los Angeles district attorney has scheduled a hearing to review new evidence their father sexually abused them, Ryan Murphy says.

Ryan Murphy weighs in on the Los Angeles district attorney looking at new evidence that Lyle and Erik Menendez were molested by their father.

Of course, the truth of the timing of all this is that it’s much more likely that Murphy (who recently asserted that his show was “the best thing that’s happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years”) simply did the Ryan Murphy thing here and managed to glom on to a rising trend that was already picking up steam.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Thursday his office is actively reviewing the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents.

Undated file combo image of brothers Erik (L) and Lyle Menendez who were convicted March 20, 1996 of the first degree murder of their wealthy Beverly Hills parents. The brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment.