Talia Menendez breaks silence on Instagram after Lyle Menendez denied parole

Erik and Lyle Menendez have been denied parole, and Erik’s stepdaughter, Talia Menendez, is speaking out. On August 21, 2025, Erik’s application was rejected by the California Parole Board. The next day, his brother Lyle received the same response.

Talia, Erik’s stepdaughter from his marriage to Tammi Menendez, shared on her Instagram stories that she was praying for her uncle Lyle Menendez. She continued that she was extremely saddened by the decision of the parole board, alleging that the whole thing was a “complete setup from the inside.”

She added that everyone could judge her for being angry, but she was:

“Standing on 10 toes for our family … We will not stop until they are free. Our fight is not over.”

She added in another post:

"People can have different views of this being a win or not when you have been let down time and time again. The highest your hopes have ever been watching your family get older and older With NO VIOLENCE while incarcerated. Things start to change. This is deeper than the surface level. Enough is enough.”

"There is still light at the end of the tunnel," Anamaria Baralt, speaks out after Erik and Lyle Menendez are denied parole

Anamaria Baralt, cousin to Erik and Lyle Menendez, also weighed in on the parole denial, saying:

"Overall, it was a pretty disappointing week for us, but we’re — this is not a long time. The fact that we are making progress and we have these hearings, and yes, there was a denial — and it was intensely disappointing — but at the same time, there is still light at the end of the tunnel.”

Anamaria Baralt expressed hope that the Menendez brothers would be granted parole soon if they continued exhibiting good behavior.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents, José and Kitty, in August 1989 in their Beverly Hills home. The brothers alleged that their father had sexually abused them for years while their mother did nothing about it.

The Menendez brothers were initially sentenced to life in prison without parole, but were resentenced to 50 years to life by Michael Jesic in May 2025. During the resentencing, Jesic said:

"Life without parole gives an inmate no hope, no reason to do anything good. And I give them a lot of credit. It's remarkable what they did when they had no hope of getting out."

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The resentencing made the brothers immediately eligible for parole, which was later denied.

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