Erik Menendez is searching for to be launched from jail as he receives remedy for a severe medical situation forward of his parole listening to subsequent month, his legal professional mentioned this week.
Legal professional Mark Geragos declined to share the specifics of the 54-year-old’s situation in an interview with TMZ. However sources acquainted with Erik’s remedy informed The Occasions he’s affected by extreme kidney stones and issues arising from the situation and wishes intensive medical remedy.
Geragos didn’t instantly reply to a textual content message searching for remark from The Occasions on Tuesday.
Geragos informed TMZ he’ll ask Gov. Gavin Newsom to launch Erik instantly forward of the brothers’ look earlier than the parole board.
“It’s a severe situation and he wants, I feel, to be out so he can deal with the listening to,” Geragos informed TMZ, including that he thinks releasing him early can be “the suitable factor to do.”
Erik Menendez and his brother, Lyle, have spent greater than 35 years jail for killings their dad and mom in 1989 in a case that over the previous yr has gained renewed public consideration following the discharge of Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and numerous documentaries.
The brothers got an opportunity at freedom in Could when an L.A. County choose granted a request to resentence them.
Superior Court docket Decide Michael Jesic’s determination to condemn the brothers to 50 years to life got here after hours of testimony from members of the family who mentioned the brothers had spent sufficient time behind bars for the brutal killings of their dad and mom. The brothers had been serving life phrases with out the potential for parole.
If the parole board recommends liberating the brothers in August, the choice can be despatched to Newsom for consideration.
