Erik Menendez hospitalized as lawyer calls for his release ahead of parole hearing: reports


Erik Menendez has been hospitalized with kidney stones and now the famed parent killer’s lawyer is calling for his client’s release ahead of an August parole hearing, according to a report.

“It’s a serious condition,” his attorney Mark Geragos told TMZ of his 54-year-old client’s diagnosis.

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“I just think he should be parole furloughed, I think is the proper term, and he could be medically furloughed in advance of the hearing so that he can work with the parole attorney and get up to speed and be ready and do it and give it his best shot. I think that it’s the only fair and equitable thing to do,” the lawyer told the outlet.


Mugshot of Erik Menendez.
Erik Menendez has been hospitalized with a “serious condition,”, according to his lawyer Mark Geragos. AP

Inmates walking in a prison yard.
Geragos called for Menendez to get a medical furlough in light of his condition, before his schedule parole hearing. Bloomberg via Getty Images

Erik and his brother, Lyle Menendez, were originally sentenced to life without parole in 1989 for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.

They have a parole hearing on Aug. 21 following a months-long delay.

The Menendez brothers were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison.

This is a developing story. Please check back for more information.


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