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News.com.au
6 days ago
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- News.com.au
Erik Menendez hospitalised as lawyer calls for release
Erik Menendez has been hospitalised with kidney stones and now the famed parent killer's lawyer is calling for his client's release ahead of an August parole hearing, according to a report. 'It's a serious condition,' lawyer Mark Geragos told TMZ of Menendez's diagnosis. 'I just think he should be parole furloughed, I think is the proper term, and he could be medically furloughed in advance of the hearing so that he can work with the parole lawyer and get up to speed and be ready and do it and give it his best shot. 'I think that it's the only fair and equitable thing to do,' the lawyer told the outlet. Menendez is undergoing treatment for kidney stones, a relatively common urinary condition, TMZ confirmed. He and his brother, Lyle Menendez, were originally sentenced to life without parole in 1996 for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. The siblings were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison and they have a parole hearing on August 21 following a months-long delay. Having already served 35 years behind bars, the two were automatically eligible to pursue parole under California's youthful offender law. At the time of the murders, Erik was just 18 years old and Lyle was 21. The brothers insisted that intruders had broken into their family's Beverly Hills home and killed their parents. They later confessed to the killings, but insisted that they'd done it to stop their father's cycle of sexual abuse. During the trial, prosecutors argued that the brothers' claims were false and purported that they were motivated by financial gain. In the years since their imprisonment, Erik and Lyle both expressed remorse even as they garnered support from more than 20 family members who have ceaselessly advocated for their release. The brothers' case was put back in the limelight after Netflix released a season about them in its hit true crime series 'Monsters' in 2024. Fans quickly rallied around the brothers, calling for their release. They have a parole hearing on Aug. 21 following a months-long delay. The Menendez brothers were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison.
BBC News
6 days ago
- BBC News
Erik Menendez taken to hospital with unknown medical condition, US media reports
Erik Menendez has been diagnosed with a "serious medical condition", his lawyer has told multiple US news outlets. The news comes weeks before he and his brother, Lyle, are set to appear at a parole hearing after spending decades in prison for the murders of their parents. The lawyer did not provide further details about the medical condition. The BBC has asked for was taken from a San Diego prison, in which he has been held for years, to an outside medical facility on Friday. The California state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told local outlet CBS 8 that Menendez was in a "fair condition", but that it could not give further brothers, who have been behind bars for 35 years, were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison for the killings of Kitty and José Menendez, in 1989. They were previously serving life without the possibility of parole. But earlier this year, a Los Angeles judge determined Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, did not pose an "unreasonable risk" if they were released. The judge added that the brothers had "done enough" while in prison to merit a change of pair's new sentence made them eligible for parole consideration due to their young ages when their crimes were brothers' lawyer Mark Geragos called for Erik Menendez's release in a TMZ interview, making reference to his client's health."I just think he should be parole furloughed, I think is the proper term, and he could be medically furloughed in advance of the hearing so that he can work with the parole attorney and get up to speed and be ready and do it and give it his best shot," Mr Geragos said. "I think that it's the only fair and equitable thing to do."The brothers' parole hearing is scheduled for 21 pair went through two trials before being convicted in the 1990s. They have claimed the murders were in self-defence. Prosecutors contended that the brothers were spoilt young men who killed their parents for financial gain.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Erik Menendez is rushed to hospital with 'serious medical condition' ahead of parole hearing
Erik Menendez was rushed to hospital after being diagnosed with a serious medical condition. The 54-year-old was hospitalized after being diagnosed with kidney stones, according to TMZ. His family wouldn't confirm the condition to ABC News. Erik and his older brother Lyle, 57, were imprisoned for life after murdering their parents Kitty and Jose inside their swanky Beverly Hills home in 1989. Following a years-long campaign for their case to be reviewed, a judge decided to reduce their sentences to 50 years to life, meaning they are now eligible for parole. The brothers are set to face a parole hearing in late August, with attorney Mark Geragos telling TMZ 'it's a serious condition'. Geragos told the outlet that he is being treated behind bars at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. Geragos said: 'I just think he should be parole furloughed, I think is the proper term, and he could be medically furloughed in advance of the hearing so that he can work with the parole attorney and get up to speed and be ready and do it and give it his best shot. I think that it's the only fair and equitable thing to do.'
