Erik and Lyle Menendez’s Aunt, Terry Baralt, Found Unresponsive in Hotel

Lyle and Erik Menendez‘s aunt, Terry Baralt, has been rushed to the hospital after being discovered unresponsive in a Los Angeles lodge room … TMZ has realized.

Our sources inform us Terry — who’s 85 and battling colon most cancers — has been exhausted, careworn and traumatized within the final 12 months as the complete Menendez household works to get the 2 brothers launched from jail.

It all got here to a boiling level Friday when the Menendez brothers appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom for a resentencing listening to. During the tense listening to, the protection group went at it with prosecutors whereas the Menendez household seemed on.

Mark Geragos — the Menendez brothers’ lawyer who cohosts TMZ’s “2 Angry Men” podcast — blasted the transfer as a “dog-and-pony show” … including prosecutors are simply making an attempt to relitigate the unique homicide case. He later known as out the D.A. for not displaying any concern for the victims — the household — who he says are “being traumatized by the D.A. for political purposes.”

Terry spoke out for the primary time in 35 years about her convicted killer nephews and known as them “the boys that I didn’t have.”

Terry mentioned she believes it is time for them to reenter society, including … “It’s an entire department of my household erased. The ones which are gone and those which are nonetheless paying for it, which have been children.”

The brothers are at present serving life in jail with out parole for first-degree homicide — although they’re scheduled to have a resentencing listening to this week.

Terry mentioned she visits her nephews as often as doable, nevertheless it’s tough due to her age and since she lives in New Jersey. Lyle and Erik are in custody on the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County.