A Different Tone, But Same Outcome: Why Parole Was Denied for Lyle Menendez
Rogue Energy
iHeartPodcasts
3.0 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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After a marathon hearing lasting 11 hours, with the support of a dozen family members, a separate parole board denied parole to Lyle Menendez. Amy and T.J. give all the details from the hearing, including how a tearful and apologetic Lyle tried to explain his illegal cellphone use behind bars as well as the reason why he and his brother Eric shot and killed their mother.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. |
| 0:08.0 | What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? |
| 0:12.2 | Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story. |
| 0:18.8 | Does anyone know what show they've come to see? It's a story. |
| 0:23.3 | It's about the scariest night of my life. This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on |
| 0:30.3 | the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.7 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:37.7 | It is Saturday, August 23rd, and actions speak louder than words. |
| 0:44.9 | We've been told that our whole lives, and that's what Lyle Menendez was told yesterday |
| 0:50.8 | right before he was denied parole, just like his brother the day before. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Special guest today, Amy. That's funny. No, I'm kidding. No, it was even funnier that you just called me Amy. Well, I had to go with the welcoming to Amy and T.J. So I had to continue. All right. You've never done that before. I'm just pointing out. |
| 1:11.6 | But it was, see, why are we doing this? Hey there, everybody. Well, good thing. She's back, huh? But no, a lot of folks know, Robes have been out the past. A few days on the podcast, dropping off a kid at college in Boulder, but was very much Robs while you were gone, keeping an eye on this story. |
| 1:08.4 | And isn't it the case, |
| 1:09.9 | Robes, |
| 1:10.8 | that you felt momentum. was very much Robs while you were gone, keeping an eye on this story. |
| 1:35.1 | And isn't it the case, Robs, that you felt momentum was on their side, even for the past year, plus even? |
| 1:36.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:46.3 | I, with all of the different hurdles that they've been able to cross, so to speak, it felt like, yes, there was a consensus building. |
| 1:51.8 | And specifically, the L.A. District Attorney before the elections, people seemed to think that they had served their time for their crime, given the ages they were when they were committed, |
| 1:57.3 | in addition to new evidence that came up that showed a pattern of abuse by the Menendez brothers' father. |
| 2:05.2 | So there seemed to be reasons for, or at least an explanation, a motive that was understandable at least for perhaps why they did what they did. |
| 2:15.0 | And so, yes, I was surprised. |
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