Talia Menendez, Erik Menendez’s stepdaughter, is speaking out after Lyle Menendez’s parole was denied.
One day after Lyle, 57, was refused parole by a California parole board, Talia, Erik’s stepdaughter from his marriage to Tammi Menendez, reiterated her request for the Menendez brothers’ release.
After my uncle Lyle received the same verdict as Erik, Talia posted on her Instagram Stories that she was praying for him. She expressed how very disturbed she was by the choice and implied that it was a whole internal set-up.
She wrote, “You can all criticize me for being upset.” I’m doing everything I can for our family. Until they are set free, we will not give up. Our battle is far from over.
In a subsequent post, Talia stated that she has been disappointed often and clarified that various individuals may have different opinions on whether this is a victory. She acknowledged that, particularly as kids get older, this had been the highest she had hoped for Erik and Lyle’s release.
Talia also underlined that the brothers have not displayed any violent tendencies while incarcerated and stated that they are eager to see significant progress made in their release.
Things begin to shift. This goes deeper than the surface. Talia ended her tweet with a tornado emoji, writing, “Enough is enough.”
After learning of the parole decisions, Anamaria Baralt, a cousin of the Menendez brothers, also posted a statement on Instagram on Friday, August 22. She remained optimistic that if they continue to behave well while incarcerated, their case would be reexamined and they might be able to reappear before the parole board in 18 months.
Overall, we had a really terrible week, but according to Baralt’s film, this is not a long time. Even though there was a denial, which was really disheartening, there is still hope since we are moving forward and holding these hearings.
The recent parole hearings for Lyle and Erik took place over thirty years after they were found guilty in 1996 of killing their parents, Jos and Kitty Menendez, in their $5 million Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.
Alleging years of sexual abuse by Jos with Kitty’s knowledge, the brothers said they acted in self-defense and that Jos had threatened to kill them if they notified anybody. However, prosecutors claimed that the murders were motivated by avarice, pointing to the brothers’ exorbitant post-murder spending binge.
Since the brothers were under 26 at the time of the killings of Lyle, 21, and Erik, 18, they were eligible for parole after being resentenced in May from their original life sentence without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life.
