Two Los Angeles County prosecutors who advocated for the Menendez brothers’ release from prison claim they were retaliated against by new Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman.

Los Angeles County prosecutors Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford are seeking $5.25 million each in damages, according to filings obtained by Fox News Digital. They claim their careers and reputations have been affected by their department transfers at the end of last year.

The pair both worked in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office under former DA George Gascón, who lost his re-election bid in November to Hochman, and publicly supported the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez. Last October, Theberge and Lunsford drafted the 57-page petition arguing that the brothers had been rehabilitated. They also appeared at the Oct. 24 press conference, when then-DA Gascón announced he would ask a court to resentence the brothers.

“Nancy and Brock are committed public servants and accomplished attorneys who followed the law — the law they believed required them to advocate for the resentencing of the Menendez brothers,” Shegerian told Fox News Digital. “The harassment and retaliation that followed was politically motivated, illegal, and devastating.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for comment.