Menendez’s brother resented hearing that Jelagos blamed Bias and demanded his rejection
April 17th, 2025 at 3:01pm PDT | April 17th, 2025 at 3:34pm PDT
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The Menendez brothers were resenting the hearing…and will not continue on Friday, as originally planned.
The next hearing is scheduled for May 9th to address the acceptability of the risk assessment report…and brother attorney Mark Geragos will file LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochmann personally denied the case. Hochman grew up in Beverly Hills and went to the same high school as the Menendez Brothers.
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At a press conference after today’s hearing, Geragos repeatedly accused the DA’s office, especially Hochman, of reviving the Menendez family. Brian Friedman, who represents a member of the Menendez family, reportedly was hospitalized on April 11 after a crime scene photo was published in court.
Families have been invited to attend, but no testimony will be heard at the May 9 hearing. It is still decided whether the hearing will be open to the public. Jelagos has not yet seen the risk assessment report and is waiting to receive it.
Hochman himself filed a last-minute motion in LA County Superior Court on Wednesday night to prevent the scheduled hearings today from coming, arguing that the court needed time to review Eric and Lyle Menendez’s California Parole Board’s risk assessment report. The judge refused the move, and today’s hearing has moved forward.
As you know, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s parole board in February to conduct a risk assessment for the brothers before a generous decision was made.
Newsom plans to use the report as part of the June 13 hearing. At this hearing, Eric and Lyle will each appear before the board of directors for individual reviews. After the hearing, Newsom then makes his decision on whether to give the brothers generosity.
Eric and Lyle were convicted in 1989 for shooting their parents with a shotgun at their Beverly Hills home and were eventually sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Despite their sentences, the brothers have been actively working the legal system, especially over the past two years, in the hopes of being released from prison. They submitted resentments, demanded generosity, and sought a new trial based on newly unearthed evidence.
