By Canadian Press

CRIME AND COURTS

The Menendez brothers’ bid for a shorter sentence and possible parole is delayed again

Apr 17, 2025 | 4:03 PM

The resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent 35 years behind bars for killing their parents, will be delayed again, a judge said Thursday.

Prosecutors filed a motion late Wednesday to delay the resentencing hearings so the court can obtain one aspect of the state parole board’s comprehensive risk assessments.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the assessments in February and the brothers’ final risk assessment hearings are scheduled for June 13. Prosecutors said in their filing that one part of the risk assessment has already been completed.

The brothers’ attorney, Mark Geragos, said he will file a motion to remove District Attorney Nathan Hochman from the case.

The next hearing is scheduled for May 9, when they will discuss the motion to recuse Hochman and the admissibility of the parole board’s risk assessment report.

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The brothers’ hearing has been delayed several times. The initial hearing scheduled for January was postponed due to the LA fires and prosecutors’ attempt to withdraw their sentencing request.

The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting their entertainment executive father Jose Menendez and mother Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. The brothers were 18 and 21 at the time of the killings.

Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father. Prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.