Jose Juan Rangel filed the complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, after the tragic death of his 58-year-old wife Maria Vargas Luna in March, 2024.
In opening statements in Norfolk County Superior Court on Monday morning, defense attorney Larry Tipton laid out Brian Walshe's version of events - claiming that there was no murder after all.
The brothers appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, where Judge Michael Jesic reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.