**BONUS** - "BREAKING: LYLE MENENDEZ DENIED - Both Brothers Will Die in Prison"

0:03 Callerogus Shark Media. This is Reed Carter with breaking news from celebrity trials. Lyle Menendez has been denied parole. Just like his brother Eric yesterday, the older Menendez brother couldn't convince the California Parole Board he deserved freedom after thirty six years. The brothers who killed together will now die in prison together. This is your Friday Night bonus episode. Well, folks, the Menendez brothers are two for two, two parole hearings, two denials, zero surprises. Lyle Menendez, now fifty seven years old, appeared before the parole board today via video from Richard J.

0:44 Donovan Correctional Facility, and just like Eric yesterday, he walked away empty handed, or more accurately, he rolled away in his prison wheelchair, still wearing his inmate number. The hearing lasted several hours, but the outcome was never really in doubt out after yesterday's disaster with Eric. Remember, Eric admitted to multiple cell phone violations, prison gang associations, participating in tax fraud schemes, using heroin, and basically being a one man crime wave behind bars for three decades. Today, Lyle faced similar scrutiny about his own contraband cell phone violations. The man was caught with phones multiple times in twenty twenty four, not once, multiple times. These weren't ancient violations from the nineties. This was last year. Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian, the same prosecutor who ha viscerated Eric yesterday, was back for round two, and he came with receipts.

1:42 Lyle's disciplinary record, his rule violations, his continued minimization of responsibility for executing his parents. Let me remind you what these brothers did since Netflix and Kim Kardashian want you to forget. They bought shotguns with fake IDs, drove home, and ambush their parents while they watched TV. Jose Menendez was shot five times. Kitty Menendez crawled across the floor wounded before they reloaded and delivered the kill shot. Then they went shopping with the blood money rolex'es Porsches tennis coaches. Lyle bought a restaurant. They sat courtside at NBA games, all while playing the grieving orphans. The parole board asked Lyle the same kinds of questions they asked Eric, Why didn't you leave, Why didn't you call police? Why did you kill your mother too. The answers were variations on the same theme, abuse, fear, no other choice, the same story they've been telling for thirty six years, the same story that two juries ultimately rejected when they convicted them a first degree murder. But here's what really sank both brothers.

2:50 They've been in the same facility since twenty eighteen, coordinating their stories, their rehabilitation narratives, their parole strategies. They thought they could present united front of transformation and redemption. Instead, they presented a united front of ongoing criminal behavior. The California Parole Board has to determine if someone poses an unreasonable risk to public safety. Two brothers who can't stop breaking rules in maximum security prison, that's the definition of unreasonable risk. The celebrity machine worked overtime for these boys. Kim Kardashian visited them, wrote essays, said we owed it to those little boys who lost their childhoods. Tammy Menendez, Eric's wife, posted support messages on x Over twenty family members wrote letters. None of it mattered, because at the end of the day, you can't polish a double homicide.

3:45 You can't rehabilitate someone who's still committing crimes, and you can't convince a parole board that you've changed when you're getting caught with contraband phones the year before your hearing. The Board of Parole Hearings will now conduct a review process that could take a to one hundred twenty days. But let's be real, these denials aren't getting overturned. Governor Newsom isn't riding to the rescue. The Menendez brothers shot their shot at freedom and missed, just like they didn't miss when they shot their parents. Under California law, they'll have to wait between three and fifteen years for another hearing. Given their moderate risk assessment, it could be as soon as one year. But after these catastrophic hearings, after all the cell phone violations and gang associations came to light, who's going to believe they've changed in just twelve months.

4:35 The Menendez brothers wanted us to believe they were different people than the ones who walked into that Beverly Hills mansion with shotguns in nineteen eighty nine, but they proved they're exactly the same criminals who think rules don't apply to them today. The California Parole Board said what needed to be said, life without parole means life without parole, even with Netflix documentaries, even with seletelebrity support, even with thirty six years of claiming you're reformed while simultaneously proving you're not. The Menendez brothers killed together, they lied together, they got caught together, and now they'll die in prison together. Justice doesn't always get it right, but sometimes it does back in a moment that's your bonus. Breaking news, both Menendez brothers denied parole Within twenty four hours Monday on Celebrity Trials, will have complete analysis of what went wrong, why the celebrity campaign failed, and what this means for their pending Habeas corpus petition. But first, don't miss our weekend special episodes. Tomorrow Saturday, We're diving deep into Phil Specter, marking the anniversary of when California's Supreme Court slammed the door on his appeals fourteen years ago. From the wall of Sound to the sound of Lana Clarkson's final moments, we'll examine how the music producer who worked with the

6:05 Beatles became just another prison number who died of COVID behind bars. Then Sunday, it's Martha Stewart's journey from billionaire to federal inmate five five one seven zero dash zero five to four. How a two hundred and thirty thousand dollars stock sale led to five months in Camp Cupcake and the greatest comeback in celebrity criminal history. Two weekend stories of celebrity justice, One who died denying his guilt, One who served her time and rebuilt an empire. Plus Monday, we'll look at how these Menendez denials affect other high profile prisoners seeking parole. If the Menendez brothers can't get out with Netflix and the Kardashians in their corner, who can.

6:48 I'm reed, Carter. The Menendez brothers are staying exactly where they belong, behind bars until they die. Phil Spector already died there. Martha Stewart walked out and became a billion and air again character. Folks, it makes all the difference. Have a great weekend and see you tomorrow for our classic celebrity trials.