Lyle and Erik Menendez
American brothers convicted of murdering their parents
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| May 2025 | A judge resentences the Menendez brothers to 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole. |
| March 24 2025 | California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a June 13, 2025 deadline for the brothers' resentencing via his podcast. |
| March 21 2025 | The resentencing hearing was again pushed back to April 2025. |
| March 20 2025 | The resentencing hearing was postponed due to Los Angeles fires. |
| November 2024 | George Gascón loses the district attorney election to Nathan Hochman. |
| November 2024 | Newly elected District Attorney Nathan Hochman withdraws Gascón's resentencing recommendation after winning the election. |
| November 25 2024 | During a court hearing, the resentencing trial was pushed back to January 30 and 31, 2025. |
| October 2024 | Lyle and Erik Menendez participated in Netflix's podcast 'You Can't Make This Up', which was a companion piece to the documentary film about their case, The Menendez Brothers. |
| October 2024 | Netflix released a documentary film 'The Menendez Brothers' featuring prison interviews with Lyle and Erik. |
| October 2024 | Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón recommends resentencing after reviewing a habeas corpus petition. |
| October 24 2024 | George Gascón recommended resentencing for the Menendez brothers, potentially making them eligible for parole. |
| October 3 2024 | Kim Kardashian published an article on NBC news endorsing the push for the Menendez brothers to be freed from prison. |
| October 3 2024 | Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced his office was reviewing the Menendez brothers' appeal. |
| September 2024 | Netflix anthology series 'Monster' released its second season, 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story', focusing on the Menendez brothers. |
| July 2024 | The brothers were featured in the third episode of 'Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer'. |
| March 2024 | 48 Hours aired an episode titled 'The Menendez Brothers' Fight for Freedom'. |
| May 2023 | Peacock released a documentary series 'Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed', which included allegations of sexual assault by Roy Rosselló against José Menendez. |
| April 18 2023 | Roy Rosselló alleged on the Today Show that José Menendez raped him when he was 14 years old. |
| August 2022 | Discovery+ released a two-hour documentary 'Menendez Brothers: Misjudged?' focusing on their case and trial. |
| 2021 | ABC's 20/20 special 'Inside the Menendez Movement' explored the brothers' growing popularity on TikTok and their increasing support base. |
| 2020 | BuzzFeed Unsolved created a one-episode special about how the Menendez brothers were caught. |
| December 2018 | eBay began terminating auctions that mentioned the Menendez brothers, leading to sellers altering listings to remove references to them. |
| 2017 | Lifetime television film 'Menendez: Blood Brothers' dramatized the case, with Nico Tortorella as Lyle, Myko Olivier as Erik, and Courtney Love portraying Kitty Menendez. |
| 2017 | Dick Wolf produced 'Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders', which aired on NBC. |
| 2017 | A&E broadcast a five-part documentary 'The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All', featuring Erik describing the murders via telephone. |
| 2017 | ABC aired a documentary 'Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murderers'. |
| 2017 | HLN launched a series 'How It Really Happened – with Hill Harper' featuring an episode about the Menendez brothers, including a telephone interview with Lyle from jail. |
| 2016 | The Menendez brothers were mentioned in the FX drama The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, with Robert Shapiro referencing Erik's surrender from Israel. |
| 2015 | Barbara Walters Presents: American Scandals featured an episode about the Menendez brothers titled 'Menendez Brothers: The Bad Sons'. |
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