Overview

• Erik Menendez was denied parole on Thursday after a daylong hearing, and Lyle Menendez was denied on Friday in a separate proceeding, keeping both men incarcerated.
• The board cited disciplinary violations during incarceration, including contraband cellphone use, alleged gang associations, drug trafficking, other rule breaches, and a purported tax-fraud scheme.
• A May 2025 resentencing under California’s youth-offender law reduced their terms to 50 years to life, creating parole eligibility after roughly 35 years served.
• The denials are subject to an internal review period of up to 120 days with possible gubernatorial involvement, and each brother must wait three years to reapply if the decisions stand.
• The hearings were held by videoconference from a San Diego prison, with prosecutors challenging the sincerity of remorse as multiple relatives, including an ailing aunt, spoke in support of release.