2 hours Ago By Danny Gutmann
Erik Menendez fears he hasn't got "much longer" to live. Menendez, along with brother Lyle, shot their parents Kitty and Jose dead in 1989 and has been in jail ever since. But the family have since pushed for their release following the release of a Netflix drama about the pair which lays bare abuse suffered in the Menendez household.
And, speaking in a new Netflix film, the brother expressed fears for hos mortality. He said: "I'm getting older, I'm not going to live that much longer. So much hasn't been told.
And I think that not speaking out doesn't help anyone." Erik and Lyle Menendez were handed life without parole prison sentences in July 1996, but have maintained over time that the murders were in self-defence after claiming to have been emotionally, physically and sexually abused by their father. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Jose Menendez's niece Anamaria Baralt announced that both sides of the family were unified in wanting to see Erik and Lyle be released early: "Both sides of the family are united, sharing a new bond of hope.
"This is about truth, justice and healing...
Their continued incarceration serves no rehabilitative purpose." Meanwhile, Kitty Menendez's sister Joan Andersen VanderMolen, told the press: "I had no idea the extent of the abuse they suffered at the hands of my brother-in-law. None of us did.
"We know that abuse has long effects, and victims of trauma sometimes act in ways that are very difficult to understand." Earlier this month, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told a news conference that they would be looking back over the case. He claimed there was the possibility of either two outcomes possible, the brothers are re-sentenced or they are granted a retrial.
It comes after Erik's aunt confirmed his chilling habit that was portrayed in the drama, relating to the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. The Menendez Brothers is now available to stream on Netflix ..
