Erik Menendez has been hospitalized with kidney stones, according to his lawyer – who called for the release of the famed parent killer ahead of his August parole hearing.
“It’s a serious condition,” his attorney Mark Geragos told TMZ of his 54-year-old client’s diagnosis.
“I just think he should be parole furloughed, I think is the proper term, and he could be medically furloughed in advance of the hearing so that he can work with the parole attorney and get up to speed and be ready and do it and give it his best shot. I think that it’s the only fair and equitable thing to do,” the lawyer told the outlet.
Erik and his brother, Lyle Menendez, have a parole hearing on Aug. 21 following a months-long delay.
The brothers were resentenced in May to 50 years to life in prison.
The Menendez brothers were originally sentenced to life without parole in 1989 for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
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