Eric Menendez required surgery due to a complication of kidney stones that required hospitalization weeks before the high stakes parole hearing that could lead to freedom in prison several decades.
Her daughter, Talia Menendez, posted an update on social media Wednesday night. This showed that his father had his second surgery after being taken from a prison cell in San Diego to hospital. The surgery was “needed due to complications with both kidneys, who have multiple large kidney stones,” she said, adding that he would need a third surgery.
“As Eric is in prison, there are often complications and medical delays, so as you can imagine, this will continue to be a very stressful time for us,” she writes. “He is currently in pain and is nauseous, but he is recovering.”
Eric and 57-year-old brother Lyle Menendez are serving life sentences for a 1989 shotgun murder conviction at the family’s Beverly Hills estate for his 1989 shotgun murder that killed his parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Attorney Mark Jelagos said Tuesday that 54-year-old Eric Menendez was diagnosed with a “severe medical condition” but did not provide details.
Prison officials said earlier this week that Menendez was in fairness at the hospital.
Although painful, rapid treatment of kidney stones usually helps prevent sustained damage. Stones often form when the urine contains low water content and minerals form crystals. Treatment may require only painkillers and drinking water to help pass stones through the urinary tract. Depending on the size, location and type of stone, surgery or other treatment may be required in some cases.
The brothers were eligible for parole earlier this year after a series of drastic events that began late last year when then-county district attorney George Gascon said he would support resemble. Gascon was defeated in the November election by Nathan Hochman.
The brothers resented in 50 years after they determined that if the judge were released from detention it would not pose an unreasonable risk. A parole hearing in August is scheduled to determine the matter.
The defense attorney alleged that the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father. Prosecutors allege that the brothers killed their parents for a multi-million dollar inheritance.
The brothers’ first trial hanged the judges. In the second trial, the judge ruled out a significant amount of evidence, including testimony from several families who witnessed or heard of the abuse.
