Menendez brothers' resentencing moves forward as DA calls out 'deceit, 'narcissistic tendencies' in prison

The saga of Lyle and Erik Menendez ever seeing beingness extracurricular situation walls could look a caller hurdle aft bombshell details from their Comprehensive Risk Assessment (CRA) depicted troubling behaviour from some brothers. 

The details of the CRA came to airy during tribunal connected Friday arsenic Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and his bureau fired disconnected 1 past Hail Mary to person Judge Michael Jesic halt the resentencing process.  

Hochman's bureau failed arsenic Judge Jesic said "there was thing importantly caller successful the CRA oregon different for him to halt the process."

But earlier the justice made his last ruling, which cleared the mode for Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing to proceed, Hochman elaborate wherefore caller grounds successful the CRA reports raised reddish flags, details helium added were not successful the archetypal reports requested by erstwhile LA DA George Gascon. 

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LA DA Nathan Hochman and the Menendez Brothers (Getty Images)

Hochman shared the findings from each CRA report, which is done by authorities psychologists from the authorities parole office, that find the wide hazard appraisal of likelihood to perpetrate unit aft the merchandise of some Menendez brothers. He argued that the brace is not "low-risk" but much elevated.

Each study recovered that Erik and Lyle, successful caller months, had been cited for breaking situation rules for contraband violations, specifically the possession of compartment phones.

Hochman shared the findings connected Lyle Menendez first, whose "actions perpetrated deceit," speaking astir the contraband phone. 

He added that Lyle had "downplayed his rule-breaking" and that his study showed his "entitlement and willingness to conscionable his ain needs."

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Los Angeles District Attorney, Nathan Hochman extracurricular of tribunal successful Los Angeles, Ca Friday, May 9 2025. Attorneys for the Menendez brothers volition marque their lawsuit for LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman to beryllium removed from the lawsuit dealing with their resentencing. A day for the existent resentencing proceeding has not been set. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Hochman added that helium should person been connected his champion behaviour since his resentencing was connected the table.

Instead, Hochman said, helium proved that "he is much apt to bash immoderate it takes to conscionable his ain needs and has narcissistic tendencies."

When speaking astir Erik's report, Hochman said it was revealed that "he has behaviour issues and lacks maturity." He added that Erik is besides susceptible to antagonistic power of others — including his brother.  

He besides referenced incidents arsenic caller arsenic January 2025 of Erik being flagged for possessing and dealing drugs, arsenic good arsenic helping different inmates with taxation fraud.

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A sketch depicts (l-r) Erik and Lyle Mendendez arsenic they look remotely astatine superior tribunal successful Van Nuys, California, Friday, April 11, 2025.  (Bill Robles)

Neama Rahmani, erstwhile national authoritative and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Fox News Digital that the "whole lawsuit is political."

"What makes the Menendez brothers’ lawsuit unsocial is that Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the CRA earlier Lyle and Erik were resentenced to a condemnation that includes the anticipation of parole," helium said. 

"The full lawsuit is political," helium said. "Normally the study wouldn’t beryllium ordered, overmuch little available, until parole was adjacent an option."

Rahmani noted that Judge Jesic volition see rehabilitation, acceptance of responsibility, disciplinary past successful prison, fairness of the sentence, and interaction connected the victims. 

Los Angeles lawyer Tre Lovell told Fox News Digital that portion the CRA is significant, it is not an "end all, beryllium all."

"Both sides volition beryllium capable to cross-examine the authors of the assessment," helium said. "The tribunal volition see it, but volition bash truthful mildly, and beryllium much reliant connected the cross-examinations and the circumstantial findings of information derived erstwhile its decision is tested successful court."

"Witness grounds and adept grounds are besides highly important successful presumption of deciding resentencing."

Judge Michael Jesic presides implicit superior tribunal successful Van Nuys, California, Friday, April 11, 2025 arsenic Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman's bureau asks the tribunal if it tin retract a resentencing propulsion for the Menendez Brothers initiated by his predecessor, ousted erstwhile DA George Gascon. (Bill Robles)

Judge Jesic besides noted that the conclusions of the authorities psychologists are "subjective and not disposable for cross-examination successful his court."

He besides noted that those conclusions tin alteration and flagged the assorted warnings attached to utilizing the CRA extracurricular the authorities parole system.  

This was an contented the brothers defence lawyer Mark Geragos deed upon wrong the tribunal saying Hochman was "twisting these" conclusions successful usurpation of authorities parole guidance and utilizing present successful this substance is simply a "dog and pony show." 

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"Last clip I looked, compartment phones successful situation are not a ace strike," helium said. "The compartment telephone violations were known. I was the 1 who called the erstwhile DA and said there's a compartment telephone violation."

Geragos past invited Hochman to the Menedez Brothers situation to spot what they had accomplished successful their 35 years down bars. 

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Lyle and Erik volition instrumentality to the Van Nuys West Courthouse connected May 13 and 14 for continued proceedings successful their resentencing case.

With unresolved issues surrounding the hazard appraisal report, the upcoming dates volition stay pivotal arsenic the brothers question resentencing pursuing the 1989 execution of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. 

Fox News' Lee Ross contributed to this report.