As Lyle and Erik Menendez‘s case gained nationwide attention last year, Kim Kardashian took it upon herself to visit the brothers in prison as they serve their life sentence for the fatal 1989 shootings of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. But a 2025 episode of The Kardashians has viewers talking about the family’s long-time connection to the Menendez brothers. So, did the Kardashian-Jenner household know the brothers earlier than their crimes?
Find out all the things we find out about how lengthy the Kardashians have identified the Menendez brothers.
Are the Menendez Brothers Getting Released From Prison?
It’s unclear if Lyle and Erik shall be launched from jail anytime quickly. They offered new proof final yr, and a resentencing listening to was scheduled to happen towards the tip of 2024. However, that listening to was delayed to January 30, 2025, with a view to give the brand new Los Angeles County District Attorney, Nathan Hochman, time to assessment the case.
Do the Menendez Brothers Know the Kardashians?
Before Kim visited the Menendez brothers in 2024, alongside actor Cooper Koch, Kris apparently knew each siblings within the Eighties. During an episode of The Kardashians that aired in early 2025, the household matriarch claimed she turned acquainted with Lyle and Erik “in the ’80s.”
“You know, I knew those guys in the ’80s,” Kris instructed Kim earlier than Kourtney Kardashian requested, “You knew the parents?” Kris then replied, “No. I knew the kids because Erik used to come over and play tennis with your dad on the weekends,” referring to the late Robert Kardashian Sr.
During a confessional, Kim identified being round 13 years previous when Erik and Lyle’s trial passed off within the Nineties.
“Now being older and seeing it from a different lens, 35 years later and knowing what I know now about the system, I just have a whole different outlook on it,” Kim stated about Lyle and Erik’s case.
Did the Menendez Brothers Know O.J. Simpson?
According to The Menendez Murders creator Robert Rand, O.J. Simpson was briefly held in a jail cell subsequent to Erik’s at one level, per The Hollywood Reporter.
“I remember Erik telling me that O.J. was just super friendly with all the deputies, and all the deputies you know, like, came around with signed pictures,” Rand beforehand instructed THR. “They were used to having celebrities of O.J.’s level in their custody. So, Erik was calling me like every night giving me updates, ‘This happened today or that happened today.’ But I had the impression that O.J. really appreciated the friendship and advice from Erik.”
In his e book, Rand claimed that Lyle additionally spoke with O.J. and gave him recommendation a few protection staff.
“O.J. and Lyle Menendez spent many hours in the jail’s attorney room while waiting for their attorneys or material witnesses,” Rand wrote in a single excerpt. “For 100 hours of contact between the two inmates, the two high-profile prisoners talked openly and exchanged dozens of letters. Lyle advised O.J. he should consider taking a plea deal and O.J. briefly considered that option — according to Lyle — but later told Menendez he couldn’t do that because it would ruin his reputation and he would never work again.”