JUST IN: Parole DENIED for Erik Menendez
How Men Think
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
A highly-anticipated and tearful, 10-hour hearing. But in the end, a parole board decided Erik Menendez was not "suitable" for release and will remain in prison. His rules violations while in prison didn't help his case.
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| 0:36.1 | Hey there, folks. It is late on Thursday, August 22nd, and we have just gotten word that parole has been denied |
| 0:45.8 | for Eric Menendez. |
| 0:48.5 | Welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:50.5 | An episode being recorded much later than anticipated because as I record this, |
| 0:55.4 | it is past 10 o'clock on the East Coast. |
| 0:58.7 | It is past 8 o'clock on the West Coast. |
| 1:01.7 | And for the past 10 hours, the parole board hearing for Eric Menendez has been taking place |
| 1:07.2 | that is a much longer duration than most we're anticipating. |
| 1:11.7 | Thought this might go three hours or so. has been a long long day and we're just getting word before I started recording |
| 1:17.6 | here folks that yes Eric Menendez all that momentum all the publicity um and a lot of people thought |
| 1:26.2 | this was going to be it but no Eric Menendez is not going to be getting out of prison, at least through the parole system, at least through that method for now, because parole has been denied. |
| 1:36.8 | The parole board says he can come back and it's eligible to go before the parole board again in three years. |
| 1:43.2 | But as of now, Eric Menendez is going to stay in prison. |
| 1:47.6 | His brother, Lyle, is up with his parole board hearing tomorrow. |
| 1:52.7 | So what does this mean for him? |
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