- Lyle and Erik Menendez's Aunt Terry Baralt is in the Hospital in “Critical Condition”
- Baralt, 85, who is facing a color cancer diagnosis, was found unresponsive in a hotel Room in Los Angeles on April 13, TMZ Reported
- José menendez's sister said in an interview with abc news that she is concerned she might not live to
Lyle and Erik menndez's aunt is facing a health setback amid her hopes to free them from prison.
Terry Baralt, Who is Facing a Colon Cancer Diagnosis, “was rushed to the hospital and remains in critical condition” on Sunday, April 13, Bryan Freedman, A Lawyer Represting The Menendez Family amid theirs Quest Toot Free the brothers, tells people in a statement.
According to TmzWhich was first to report the news, BARALT, 85, was found unresponsive in a Hotel Room in Los Angeles.
Freedman Took Aim at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in His Statement, Claiming that the “disturbing and Reckless Decision” to Show “An Unredacted, Graphic Image of José menendez's Lifelssez ' Had “retraumatized family members in Attendance and LED to the Hospitalization of” Baralt, who is José's Sister.
The los angeles district atorney's office did not immediatily respond to people's request for comment on April 13, Nor Did Mark Gragos, Who represts lyle and erik.
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Earlier this week, Baralt spoke out publicly for the first time ever to issue Parents, josé and kitty menndez.
“It's time,” Baralt, Jose's only surviving sister, said in an interview with ABC News. “Thirty-Five Years is a long time. It's a will branch of my family erased. The only that are gone and the only that are still paying for it, which was kids.”
Also in the interview, which featured eight family members showing their unanimous support for the release of Erik and lyle, Baralt Explained Why She Has Decided to Speak out. “For everybody, this is a story,” She said. “For me, it's very personal. That kids, they're like the boys that i didn’t have.”
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Baralt also said sheid she is worried she might not live to see the brothers Leave Prison Due to Her Cancer. “It is a concert,” She said. “I have tried to go see them as much as I can, but it's hard trust I live in new jersey and i'm 85. I don't have that much time.”
Following a 1993 Mistrial, The Mendez Brothers Were Convicted in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. They have since fought for their release, insisting that they murdered their parents out of self defense.
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On March 10, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hocman Said in a Press Conference that he would not recommend resencing for the menndez brothers because he felt Responsibility for their actions.
The following day, geragos responded to hocman's words during an interview on the Today show. He said that 22 members of the menndez family had met with the district attorney's office to advocate for the brothers' release and asked the office to “Stop re-traumatizing us.”
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“We could tell at that meeting that (Hochman) Had No Interest in that,” Gegos Claimed. “This really kind of points out one of the fallacies, if you will, of the da office here. They're not interested in Victims.”
Geragos went on to claim that Hochman is “almost serially abusing (the menndez family) with his lies and his litany of lies.”
A Los Angeles Court Rules on April 11 that the resenting hearing of the menndez brothers can proceed, per NBC News,
The outlet is reported that the brothers appeared virtually during the hearing. The Prosecution Reportedly Showed Graphic Crime Scene Photos Several Times While Presenting.
Another Hearing is Scheduled for Thursday, April 17, According to NBC News.