Erik Menendez received a diagnosis of “serious health state,” said his lawyer on Tuesday, weeks before the condemned killer presents himself to a parole hearing With his brother on the murder of their parents more than three decades ago.
A spokesperson for lawyer Mark Geragos did not provide details on the state, and Menendez’s family refused to comment.
Menendez, who is imprisoned in a prison in San Diego, was taken to an external medical establishment on July 18, where he remains in good condition, said a spokesman for California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Development was reported for the first time by Tmz.
Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were sentenced in May to 50 years in life prison for the shotgun murders De Kitty and José Menendez on August 20, 1989, after a Los Angeles judge found that they had not posed an “unreasonable risk” if they were released.
The brothers and sisters had served prison life penalties without the possibility of parole, but the judge’s decision immediately made them eligible for parole.
Their parole’s adequacy hearing is scheduled for August 20 and 21.
During the hearing of May 13, Erik described his crimes as “cruel and vicious” and said that he was “directly responsible for all this”.
The brothers, who were tried twice in the 1990s, said that the murders had been made in self -defense after Lyle said he had confronted their father about his alleged abuse of Erik.
The prosecutors awarded the reason to the financial gain And described the killings as composure.
The first trial ended without a unanimous verdict. On March 20, 1996, after a second trial, the brothers were found guilty of first degree murder.
The push for their release – which included the support of their family and Some high level figures – came after the case has been examined in recent years in a Paon documentary and a Netflix series. (Peacock belongs to Nbcuniversal, the parent company of NBC News.)
The supporters cited the abuses that the brothers said they had suffered in the hands of their father and their rehabilitation efforts when he was imprisoned, that the former County prosecutor of Los Angeles, George Gascón, described as “exceptional”.
Gascon’s successor, Nathan Hochman, opposed their resentment and sought without success to keep them imprisoned. He said they failed to “clean up” a series of unrecognized lies that he said they said murders.