Erik Menendez's daughter, Talia Menendez, is asking on celeb assist after her father was denied parole.
The California Board of Parole Hearings denied Erik's launch throughout a listening to on Thursday, August 21, citing varied jail infractions throughout his 35 years of incarceration.
Talia, Erik's adopted daughter via his 1999 marriage to spouse Tammi, reacted to the information in a number of Instagram Tales. In a single, she wrote, “How is my dad a menace to society! A 3-year denial??? Hell is about to interrupt free!!!”
In a subsequent Instagram Story, Talia referred to as out celebrities whom she stated had beforehand advocated for the discharge of Erik, 54, and his brother, Lyle, 57, however haven't but weighed in on Erik's denial.
“The place are the celebrities that had been ‘advocating' for them???? It's been WAY TOO QUIET,” Talia wrote.
In keeping with Talia, actor Cooper Koch, who performed Erik within the Netflix true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, has been among the many few celebrities to stay in contact with the household amid Erik and Lyle's parole hearings. (Lyle could have his on Friday, August 22.)
“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 maintain it PUSHING,” Talia added.
Koch, 29, has been vocal about his assist for the Menendez brothers, who had been sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their mother and father, José and Kitty Menendez. At trial, the pair claimed self-defense and alleged that they had been abused by their father as youngsters.
In September 2024, Koch and Kim Kardashian visited the Menendez brothers in jail, and Koch has since shaped a detailed bond with Erik.
After the brothers had been resentenced to 50 years to life in jail in Might, thus making them eligible for parole, Koch stated, “I'm so grateful that that occurred.”
“And so is Erik, I spoke to him yesterday and he's so excited,” he added to Selection on the time.
The Emmy-nominated actor stated Erik deliberate to advocate for different prisoners searching for parole ought to he be launched from jail.
“He's going to be an advocate for different individuals who have L.W.O.P, which is life with out parole,” Koch stated. “His life goes to encompass making change within the jail system, and I simply assume that's so lovely.”
A parole board, nevertheless, denied Erik's launch from jail on Thursday. Lead parole commissioner Robert Barton stated that Erik had “not been a mannequin prisoner,” citing varied jail infractions together with inappropriate habits with guests, drug smuggling and misuse of state computer systems, NewsNation reported.
