Talia Menendez Blasts Parole Denial, Slams Silent Celebrities
Kai Montgomery here, reluctantly breaking down yet another headline that’s somehow both tragic and utterly exhausting. Because of course it is. We’re talking about the Menendez saga—yes, *those* Menendezes—and now their daughter Talia is absolutely livid after Erik Menendez was denied parole for what feels like the hundredth time.
Let’s cut through the noise: On Thursday, a California parole board decided Erik Menendez wouldn’t be getting out anytime soon. And if you thought Talia would take the news quietly, well… you clearly don’t know her style. She unleashed on Instagram Stories with a fury that could power a small city. Her words? Colorful. Her tone? Scalding. She called the parole board “money hungry media feeding pieces of trash,” which, honestly, lands somewhere between poetic and unhinged.
But she didn’t stop there.
Talia went after unnamed celebrities she accuses of staying silent despite once publicly supporting prison reform or even visiting her father behind bars. While she didn’t name names, TMZ has some context: Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and actor Cooper Koch visited the Menendez brothers at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County back in September 2024. Kim even wrote an essay for NBC News later that month defending Erik and Lyle, saying they “are not monsters” and should have their life sentences reconsidered.
Yet now, according to Talia, those same stars are MIA.
She praised Cooper Koch—who plays Erik in Ryan Murphy’s *Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story*—but had no such kind words for others. One commissioner in particular, Robert Barton, got roasted hard: clown emojis, accusations of cowardice, and a full-on character assassination via Instagram slide show.
Barton, for his part, defended the decision by pointing out Erik’s long list of rule violations during his decades behind bars. He called it “disturbing” that supporters still paint him as a model prisoner.
This denial comes months after a California judge modified the brothers’ original life-without-parole sentences to 50 years to life—with the possibility of parole. Erik will get another shot in three years. His brother Lyle’s hearing starts the very next day.
So yes, this story isn’t over. Not even close.
And while I’d love to say something profound about justice, celebrity influence, or redemption, I’ll just leave you with this: If you thought Hollywood drama was limited to red carpets and award shows, welcome to the real world. It’s messier, louder, and sometimes involves clown emojis.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and TMZ
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