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A re-sentencing hearing set Thursday for Erik and Lyle Menendez has been indefinitely postponed. A motions hearing is scheduled for May 9 to discuss a proposed motion seeking to recuse the District Attorney’s Office and the admissibility of a state parole board risk-assessment report.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic initially agreed to start the re-sentencing hearing, but issues came up that prompted him to delay it. There are no new dates for a re-sentencing hearing set.
Erik, 54, and Lyle Menendez, 57, were jailed for life for the 1989 shotgun killings of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, in Beverly Hills. The brothers claim the killings were committed due to years of abuse, including alleged sexual abuse by their father.
They watched the hearing via Zoom from a San Diego prison, but made no statements.
The hearing came a week after Jesic denied a request by the D.A.'s Office to withdraw a motion that was previously filed under former D.A. George Gascón's administration. The motion supported re-sentencing for the Menendez brothers. A new motion was filed by prosecutors Wednesday night asking the judge to delay the hearing until the court can review the recent parole board assessment.
Current D.A. Nathan Hochman's office objects to the brothers being re-sentenced for the Aug. 20, 1989 killings.
"These murders were calculated, premeditated, cold-blooded killings," Hochman said last week. "Our position remains clear: Until the Menendez brothers finally come clean with all their lies of self-defense and suborning and attempting to suborn perjury, they are not rehabilitated and pose an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety."
Geragos said the brothers "have done more good (and) helped more prisoners" than anyone could expect during the hearing last week.
"They've waited a long time to get some justice," Geragos said after last Friday's hearing. "Justice won over politics."
State parole boards are set to conduct hearings for each brother on June 13. They will send their reports to Gov. Gavin Newsom to help him make a decision on whether or not the Menendez brothers should receive clemency.
Newsom said with the exception of brief clips on social media he has not watched any shows on the Menendez case or documentaries "because I don't want to be influenced by them."
