Erik Menendez‘s daughter had an emotional response to the parole board denying his request greater than three many years after his arrest.
“A chunk of my letter that the commissioner named Robert Barton in all probability didn't even learn,” Erik's adopted daughter, Talia, whom he shares with spouse Tammi Menendez, wrote by way of Instagram on Thursday, August 21. “I poured my coronary heart and soul into this letter all for it to go within the arms of somebody who already had their thoughts made up.”
Talia supplied an excerpt of the letter she wrote for his listening to.
“This letter is deeply private. I'm writing as a daughter who has spent her total life eager for one thing most individuals take without any consideration; an actual, day by day relationship together with her dad,” she wrote. “I hope you'll pause with this one and listen to the voice of somewhat lady who has been visiting her dad behind jail partitions and has been ready for him to return dwelling from the age of two to now nearly 30 years previous.”
She continued: “Though he isn't my organic father, he took on being a stepdad by title, however in each approach that really issues, he has been one of the best father that anybody may want for. My secure place, my trainer, and my biggest supply of power and kindness.”
In a separate social media submit, Talia known as out the shortage of public assist for Erik, 54, in current months however thanked actor Cooper Koch, who portrayed her father in Netflix's Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story.
“The place are the celebrities that have been ‘advocating' for them???? It's been WAY TOO QUIET,” Talia wrote. “The one one which I can say has been checking in on my household is Cooper and we completely adore him. To those that went to the jail with none background checks to movie their present however are staying quiet now.”
The California Board of Parole Hearings denied Erik's launch on Thursday, citing numerous jail infractions throughout his 35 years of incarceration. Erik's spouse, Tammi, 62, broke her silence quickly after.
“Parole Commissioner Robert Barton had his thoughts made as much as deny Erik parole from the beginning! This was an entire setup, and Erik by no means stood an opportunity! 😡 #Injustice,” Tammi shared in an X submit on Thursday, including, “Erik hasn't had any infractions since 2011, other than a cellular phone possession.”
Erik and his brother, Lyle Menendez, have been serving out their sentences in California's Donovan Correctional Facility after being arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree homicide. The siblings grew to become individuals of curiosity after their mother and father, José and Kitty Menendez, have been discovered shot of their dwelling.
Erik and Lyle, 57, finally admitted to killing their mother and father following years of alleged bodily, emotional and sexual abuse. The Menendez brothers have been discovered responsible of first-degree homicide and sentenced to life with out parole in 1996 after two high-profile trials.
After a resurgence of their case, Erik and Lyle have been resentenced to 50 years to life, which made them eligible for parole beneath California's youthful offender legislation since they dedicated their crime beneath the age of 26. Lyle's listening to is about for Friday, August 22.
