Erik Menendez is living with a “serious” medical condition while behind bars, his lawyer revealed just weeks away from his and brother Lyle Menendez‘s parole hearing. The brothers have been in prison since 1996 when they were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, which changed during their resentencing hearing in May 2025. Now that they have a chance of being freed, what’s wrong with Erik, and can he be released early?
Get updates on Erik’s condition and health below.
There is no guarantee of the Menendez brothers’ release. However, they were resentenced in May 2025 to 50 years to life — which effectively made them eligible for parole. When they were sentenced in the 1990s, they were not given the possibility of parole.
Erik Menendez has been admitted to a hospital and diagnosed with a serious medical condition, his family told ABC News. It comes just one month before the Menendez brothers’ parole hearing, after the 1989 murders of their parents. @AaronKatersky reports. https://t.co/NCeXwoR2iI pic.twitter.com/pXdHpmAb6E
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) July 23, 2025
A parole hearing is scheduled for August 2025, but the process could take months to years.
On July 22, 2025, Erik’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, told TMZ Live that his client had a “serious” medical condition and needed to be released from prison immediately. Shortly thereafter, the outlet reported that Erik’s condition was kidney stones and that he had been undergoing treatment for it.
At the time of publication, Erik is undergoing treatment for kidney stones. His attorney did not reveal the severity or the number of kidney stones Erik has, but since his condition is “serious,” it requires medical treatment.
