Convicted dual killer Erik Menendez, the more youthful of the Menendez siblings, dished on the “bullying and trauma” he’s seen over almost 3 years in California’s jail system in an unusual meeting on the “2 Angry Men Podcast“
“Prison was hard for me,” Menendez informed the hosts, TMZ’s Harvey Levin and his very own lawyer, Mark Geragos, talking his imprisonment in previous strained. “I faced a lot of bullying and trauma – it was a dangerous environment.”
Menendez and his sibling, Joseph “Lyle” Mendnez, are both being kept in California’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility on life sentences without the opportunity of parole, however under a brand-new Golden State legislation, they might see their sentences minimized at a hearing following month and eventually accomplish liberty.
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Lyle Menendez, left, and his sibling Erik envisioned in their newest CDCR mugshots, handledOct 10, 2024. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
“I was picked on, bullied, violently, and it was traumatic,” he claimed, keeping in mind that such therapy prevails for lots of prisoners that are not entailed with jail gangs.
“Prison can be hard, and there’s a lot of suffering in prison,” he claimed.
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Menendez, that along with his sibling was founded guilty of the 1989 shotgun murders of their moms and dads, has actually been commended for his etiquette over the previous 3 years behind bars. He claimed he did his finest to prevent resisting or involving with hostile detainees.
“I was separated from Lyle, and I remember the day that I was told Lyle just got assaulted and got his jaw broken…I’m thinking he’s over there, I’m going through this over here, and at least we could protect each other, maybe, if we were together. We were not even allowed to be together.”
An undated image of the Menendez family members as it shows up on display throughout a panel at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, June 2, 2024. The siblings Lyle and Erik were founded guilty of fatally firing both of their moms and dads in 1989. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
The siblings, that were punished to life without parole in 1996, were ultimately moved to the very same center in 2018.
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Conditions have actually boosted with time, he included.
“I believe that [the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] is doing their best, and I want to work with them. I know Lyle is, at really changing that culture today,” he claimed. “But 25 years ago, it was an even darker, more dangerous place.”
Menendez siblings, Erik, left, and Lyle on the actions of their Beverly Hills home in November 1989. (Ronald L. Soble/Los Angeles Times)
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Lyle Menendez, in the very same podcast episode, reviewed his participation in a prison-based environment-friendly area task that he claimed he would certainly still go back to work with if given launch.
They wore down all possible charms in 2005, Geragos has actually claimed formerly, and up until a brand-new California legislation entered into impact they had no hope of ever before accomplishing liberty, yet they remained to reveal etiquette and stay out of difficulty behind bars.
The siblings are set up for resentencing hearings on March 20 and 21 inLos Angeles The hearings have actually been held off several times, initially after the previous Los Angeles District Attorney promoting their launch shed his re-election project, and once more after wildfires tore via LA.
“My brother and I are cautiously hopeful,” Lyle Menendez informed Levin near completion of the episode. “We’re in prayer with our family, and we’re hopeful, and we’re just trying not to go a little crazy in the interim.”
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Erik Menendez (C) and his sibling Lyle (L) are envisioned onAug 12, 1991 inBeverly Hills They were founded guilty of eliminating their moms and dads, Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills,Calif ( MIKE NELSON/AFP through Getty Images)
The siblings have a different habeas request making its method via the courts that might likewise cause their liberty, suggesting that brand-new proof boosts their self-defense case.
On Aug 20, 1989, they snuck up behind their moms and dads, Jose Menendez and Mary “Kitty” Menendez, from behind with shotguns and eliminated them both in their Beverly Hills living space. The siblings have actually suggested that they did it in protection, declaring their dad was mosting likely to eliminate them when they intimidated to reveal him as a youngster molester.
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While regarding 2 lots loved ones have actually forgiven them and are openly sustaining their launch, their mommy’s sibling is emphatically opposed and formerly informed Fox News Digital via his lawyers that he thinks the objective was greed.
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After eliminating their moms and dads, the siblings took place a $700,000 investing spree that consisted of deluxe autos, Rolex watches and also a dining establishment.
