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Erik Menendez in hospital, diagnosed with serious medical condition: Family

CALIFORNIA, JUL 22 – Erik Menendez faces kidney stones complications as he awaits parole eligibility following resentencing under California's youthful offender law, with a hearing set for August 21-22.

  • On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Attorney Mark Geragos said Erik Menendez was hospitalized with kidney stones, ahead of his parole hearing next month.
  • Under California’s youthful offender law, Erik and Lyle Menendez became eligible for parole after being resentenced in May 2025 and are set to appear before the board on August 21 and 22.
  • Having spent over 35 years in prison for the 1989 murders at California’s Donovan Correctional Facility, the Menendez brothers have seen renewed public interest following Netflix’s `Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story`.
  • Attorney Mark Geragos will ask Gov. Gavin Newsom to release Erik immediately ahead of the parole hearing, and Gov. Newsom requested a comprehensive risk assessment of the brothers’ public safety risk.
  • Depending on the recommendation, the parole board's decision in August will go to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who could seek clemency after the hearing on August 21 and 22.
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Scene blow on the events of the Menendez brothers, jumped to the news for the condemnation of the heinous murder of their parents in 1989 for a multimillion-dollar legacy. Erik Menendez is hospitalized for a health problem. The 57-year-old is serving a life sentence without the possibility of probation together with his brother Lyle Menendez. His lawyer, Mark Geragos, told TMZ that Menendez had a serious health problem and should benefit from a …

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Erik Menéndez has been hospitalized, which led his lawyer to apply for his release from prison before an upcoming parole hearing. The 57-year-old man had been serving a life sentence without parole along with his brother Lyle Menéndez after being convicted of murdering his parents at his home in Beverly Hills, California, in 1989. A judge recently resented the brothers to between 50 years and life imprisonment, making them immediately eligible f…

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Last May, a magistrate reduced the sentence of Erik and his brother Lyle who had been sentenced to life incompressible in the 1990s after killing their parents.

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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