Inside the Menendez brothers' Christmas in 'Disneyland' jail from luxe menu to wife visit
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It might be the Menendez brothers' final Christmas inside with a resentencing coming up in the New Year. Known as the 'trust fund brat brothers' after murdering their parents before going on a half-a-million-pound shopping spree in 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez were locked up for good in 1996 and told they had no chance of parole. The pair have never denied ending the lives of their dad, José, and mum, Kitty, in their Hollywood mansion, in a crime scene so horrific that the Beverly Hills medical examiner said it was the first he'd ever walked into where he needed an umbrella.
However the siblings have always claimed to have gunned them down in self-defence following years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Tireless appeals over the years have been fruitless for the siblings until recently when bombshell evidence came to light that could be about to change their fate. Last month Lyle and Erik, who have spent 34 years behind bars, appeared in court for the first time in 28 years after prosecutors asserted they should be resentenced, given that they had been "subjected to a tremendous amount of dysfunction in the home, and molestation".
George Gascón, the Los Angeles County district attorney, recommended that the two men be resentenced - a step that is expected to lead to their release. Though the hearing has been postponed until the end of January, meaning they'll be spending another Christmas behind bars. So, what does it look like for the pair? The Menendez brothers are housed at the same prison, Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, in San Diego, California. Erik, 53, has been there since 2013 and was joined by Lyle, 56, in 2018.
