The Menendez brothers will appear in a Los Angeles court next week – NBC Los Angeles

The Menendez brothers will appear virtually and will be able to speak at next Monday’s court hearing, where some members of the media and public will be able to see the brothers for the first time in decades.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing their parents in Beverly Hills in 1989, will attend a status hearing Monday morning remotely from their prison in San Diego.

Monday’s status conference will examine how things stand on the re-sentencing recommendation made by retiring District Attorney George Gascón.

“I sometimes call it housekeeping,” said Mark Geragos, the brothers’ attorney, adding that the parties involved would confirm or change the date for the upcoming resentencing hearing, originally set for Dec. 11 because Gascón did not yet know he would win re-election. “(We’ll discuss) ‘Are we going to meet on the 11th?’ Do we have enough time? How many witnesses will make a decision?

Although the brothers are eligible to appear in a Van Nuys courtroom Monday morning, Geragos said they will attend the hearing online.

“My office filed the forms so they wouldn’t have to be hauled here (to Los Angeles County) at taxpayer expense,” the attorney explained.

Despite the renewed excitement and interest in the sensational story of the brothers who used shotguns to kill their own parents as Jose and Kitty Menendez watched television in their Beverly Hills mansion in the summer of 1989, thanks in large part to television shows and documentaries, the world will not see or hear Menendez brothers. Only a lucky few will be able to do this.

Some members of the media and those who win the public lottery will be able to see what Lyle and Erik Menendez, now in their 50s, look and sound like.

Sixteen members of the public will be able to attend the hearing in person as the Los Angeles County Superior Court will hold a public lottery from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Van Nuys West Courthouse after lottery tickets are distributed between 8 and 9 a.m. I am

There will be no cameras in the courtroom, but sketch artists will provide drawings from Monday’s hearing.

The Menendez brothers have their second trial next Tuesday as prosecutors are expected to answer to a judge the habeas that defense attorneys filed in 2023.

The court set a deadline for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office to respond to the brothers’ 2023 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which argues that their convictions and prison sentences are unconstitutional in light of what they claim are recently discovered evidence that the brothers were victims of childhood sexual abuse by their father, Jose Menendez.

Geragos, who had previously hoped to bring back the brothers, who were released by Thanksgiving, said his goal now is to have them home by Christmas, adding that the brothers are “cautiously optimistic” about a possible release.

“The attitude is that it’s been a rollercoaster of emotions,” Geragos said.

When Lyle Menedez spoke to NBCLA in a prison interview in 2017, he said he tries not to imagine his life outside of prison.

“I think it would be a little painful to dwell on,” said older brother Menendez, adding that he and his brother Eric are trying to stay healthy and maintain good spirits. “To me, this is not the form in which hope is found. For me, hope is simply maintaining the strength of spirit. To believe that your life is not a failure because it is marked by such tragedy.”