NEW audio from convicted killer Erik Menendez’s parole listening to has uncovered particulars on why he murdered his mother and father – however the launch of his tapes has sparked outrage from his household. 

Erik, who has been behind bars for the murders of Jose and Kitty for greater than 30 years, was denied parole – only a day earlier than his brother Lyle suffered the identical destiny. 

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Erik was 18 and Lyle was 21 once they killed their mother and father at their plush, sprawling Beverly Hills dwelling in 1989. 

The brothers had been convicted in 1996 – regardless of claiming they murdered their mother and father in self-defense.

Erik opened up concerning the killings and touched on topics of why he murdered his mother.

He informed the parole board about his upbringing with no ethical basis and spoke of his remorse of capturing Kitty.

“I want to God I didn’t try this,” he mentioned. 

However, the tapes had been revealed throughout Lyle’s listening to on Friday. 

Tiffany Lucero Pastor, an ideal niece of Kitty, slammed the transfer to launch the audio.

“That is disgusting. This course of is broken and damaged,” she mentioned.

Pastor initially thought the main points of the parole listening to could be launched solely within the type of a transcript. 

“A transcript is much totally different from an audio recording,” she mentioned.

Heidi Rummel, Lyle’s parole lawyer, bemoaned how the brothers’ bid for freedom had become a spectacle. 

“We got here into these hearings hoping and anticipating a good and neutral listening to the place Mr. Menendez might be heard, be thought of and be understood,” she mentioned.

“And we’ve got a public spectacle and this has exacerbated it twentyfold, and we now have household members who should not going to talk.”

Rummel claimed the brothers dignity had been “undermined.”

“It doesn’t defend them, and we imagine it’s a violation of Marsy’s Legislation,” she blasted.

Marsy’s Legislation is designed to make sure defendants and victims have equal rights. 

The audio had been “erroneously” disclosed, a California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson informed The Los Angeles Occasions.

The tapes had been launched following a public information request by the ABC affiliate KABC-TV.

Throughout Thursday’s listening to, Erik repeated claims he was sexually abused by music mogul Jose. 

And, he spoke how he was fearful of his dad.

“It’s tough to convey how terrifying my father was,” he informed the parole board. 

Erik had beforehand written a letter to his cousin Andy Cano documenting the alleged sexual abuse that unfolded. 

“I have been attempting to keep away from dad,” one paragraph began. 

“It is nonetheless occurring, Andy, but it surely’s worse for me now. I can not clarify it.”

Erik was denied parole after officers mentioned he hadn’t been a mannequin prisoner.

He had damaged jail guidelines resembling having a cellular phone behind bars. 

Erik defined why he selected to make use of the machine.

“What I bought by way of the telephone and my reference to the skin world was far higher than the implications of me getting caught with the telephone,” he admitted. 

However, Robert Barton, the commissioner, warned that Erik nonetheless posed a danger to public security. 

Barton warned Erik may throw a “pity occasion” or change his conduct.

Erik’s household slammed the choice of the board to not grant him parole.

“This was an entire setup, and Erik by no means stood an opportunity!” his spouse Tammi claimed.

‘RIGGED’ HEARING

In the meantime, Mark Geragos, the brothers’ lawyer, described the choice as “rigged.”

He labeled the parole hearings a “s**tshow” in a blistering takedown on the 2 Offended Males podcast.

Lyle, 57, was additionally denied parole. 

Julie Garland, the parole commissioner, claimed he had proven traits of being a mannequin inmate however warned he additionally posed a danger to society if launched. 

“You continue to wrestle with anti-social character traits like deception, minimization and rule-breaking that lie beneath that optimistic floor,” she informed Lyle.

The brothers can re-apply for parole inside three years.

Or, they might be pardoned by California governor, Gavin Newsom.

However Neama Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Attorneys, informed USA Immediately he thinks that choice is much less doubtless. 

“I can’t see him sticking his neck out and pardoning the Menendez brothers or commuting their sentences over the parole board’s denial,” he mentioned.

The brothers’ sentences had been reduce to 50 years to life in jail in Could.

They had been convicted in 1996 following a trial with one jury.

Their preliminary trial, which began 4 years after the murders, noticed Erik and Lyle tried individually.

And, each juries delivered deadlocked outcomes.

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