Erik Menendez‘s daughter Talia insisted that “the battle is just not over” after her adopted father and her uncle, Lyle Menendez, have been denied parole for the 1989 murders of their dad and mom.
“Extraordinarily saddened that the parole board failed as soon as once more with a complete totally different commissioner,” Talia wrote through her Instagram Story on Friday, August 23. “Mentally torturing these 2 by forcing them to relive the trauma they’ve endured for 10+ hours simply to inform them no and to strive once more in 3 years. You all can choose me for being indignant. I’m standing 10 toes for our household.”
Each Erik and Lyle’s bid for freedom was rejected in two separate hearings this week. The brothers have been convicted in 1996 on two counts of first-degree homicide of their dad and mom — José and Kitty — and sentenced to life imprisonment with out parole.
Talia has turn out to be one of many Menendez brothers’ most vocal supporters, particularly as they appeared earlier than a parole board with allegations of being bodily, emotionally and sexually abused by their dad and mom. (Erik adopted Talia after marrying her mom, Tammi Saccoman-Menendez, whereas imprisoned in 1999.)
In her response to the parole board’s choice, Talia insisted that “the battle” for her father’s freedom would proceed regardless of the newest authorized setback.
“We won’t cease till they’re free,” she vowed.
Talia referenced her household feeling “let down again and again” when their hopes have been “the very best” they’d ever been about the potential of Erik and Lyle being launched.
“Watching your loved ones grow old and older, with no violence whereas incarcerated, issues begin to change,” she wrote. “That is deeper than the floor degree. Sufficient is sufficient.”
Talia additionally referred to as out celebrities who’d beforehand supported the Menendez brothers’ parole efforts for not commenting on the results of the hearings.
Talia Menendez and Anamaria Baralt, Erik and Lyle’s cousin, in April 2025. Apu Gomes/Getty Pictures
“The place are the celebrities that have been ‘advocating’ for them???? It’s been WAY TOO QUIET,” she complained on Thursday, August 23.
She talked about that the one star who’d checked in on her household was actor Cooper Koch, who performed Erik within the Netflix true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
“The one one which I can say has been checking in on my household is Cooper and we completely adore him,” she wrote. “To those that went to the jail with none background checks to movie their present however are staying quiet now. You despise [sic] me past measure. Simply say your views are down and hold it PUSHING.”
Talia’s mom, Tammi, expressed comparable frustration in a press release the place she branded the parole choice as “an entire setup” and an “injustice.” The Menendez household launched a extra measured assertion on Friday the place they acknowledged their disappointment.
Cooper Koch revealed how Erik Menéndez reacted to him and brother Lyle Menéndez being resentenced to 50 years to life. “I’m so grateful that that occurred,” Koch, 28, who performed Erik on Ryan Murphy’s miniseries Monsters, informed Selection on Tuesday, Could 20. “And so is Erik [Menéndez], I spoke to him yesterday and he’s […]
“Whereas we respect the choice, right now’s consequence was in fact disappointing and never what we hoped for,” the Menendez members of the family stated. “However our perception in Erik stays unwavering and we all know he’ll take the Board’s suggestion in stride. His regret, progress, and the constructive impression he’s had on others communicate for themselves. We are going to proceed to face by him and maintain to the hope he is ready to return residence quickly.”
Us Weekly has reached out to California Board of Parole Hearings and the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for remark.
Previous to final week’s hearings, Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman publicly referred to as for each Erik and Lyle to stay incarcerated.
“The Menendez brothers have by no means absolutely accepted duty for the horrific murders of their dad and mom, as a substitute persevering with to advertise a false narrative of self-defense that was rejected by the jury a long time in the past,” he stated in a press release on Wednesday. “We now have persistently opposed their launch as a result of they haven’t demonstrated full perception into their crimes or proven that they’ve been absolutely rehabilitated, and due to this fact proceed to pose a danger to society.”
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