The Menendez brothers will make a virtual appearance and may speak during a court hearing scheduled to take place next Monday with some members of the media and public getting a glimpse of the brothers for the first time in decades.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, who are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, will attend Monday morning’s status hearing remotely from their San Diego Jail.

Monday’s status conference will address where the proceedings stand disgusting recommendation made by outgoing District Attorney George Gascón.

“I sometimes call (it) housekeeping,” said Mark Geragos, the brothers’ lawyer, adding that the parties involved will confirm or change the upcoming date for the preliminary hearing originally set for Dec. 11 because Gascón had not then known he would win re-election. “(We will discuss,)” Shall we meet on the 11th? Do we have enough time? How many witnesses will decide?’”

While the brothers have the right to appear in a Van Nuy courtroom Monday morning, Geragos said they will attend the hearing online.

“My office sent in forms so they wouldn’t have to be hauled here (in LA County) at taxpayer expense and back,” the defense attorney explained.

Despite the renewed excitement and interest in the sensational story of the brothers, who used shotguns to kill their own parents as Jose and Kitty Menendez watched TV in their Beverly Hills mansion in the summer of 1989, thanks in large part to TV shows and documentaries, the world will not see and hear from the Menendez brothers. Only a lucky few come.

Some members of the media and those who win a public lottery will get to witness what Lyle and Erik Menendez, now in their 50s, look and sound like.

Sixteen members of the public will be able to attend the hearing in person as the Los Angeles County Superior Court will conduct a public lottery between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Monday from Van Nuys Courthouse West after lottery tickets are distributed between 8 and 9 a.m.

There will be no cameras in the courtroom, but sketch artists will provide drawings from Monday’s hearing.

The Menendez brothers will have a second trial next Tuesday when prosecutors are expected to respond to a judge on what defense lawyers had filed in 2023.

The court had set a deadline for the LA County District Attorney’s Office to respond to the brothers’ 2023 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which claims their convictions and prison terms are unconstitutional in light of what they claim is newly discovered evidence that the brothers were victims for childhood sexual abuse by her father, Jose Menendez.

Geragos, who had previously hoped to bring the brothers released by Thanksgiving, said his goal now is to bring them home by Christmas, adding that the brothers are “cautiously optimistic” about the possible release.

“The attitude is, it’s been a roller coaster of emotions,” Geragos said.

When Lyle Menenedez spoke to NBC Los Angeles in a prison interview in 2017, he said he tried not to imagine his life outside of prison.

“I think it would be a little painful to dwell on it,” the older Menendez brother said, adding that he and his brother, Erik, tried to stay healthy and keep their spirits up. “To me, that’s not what hope is in. To me, hope is just keeping your spirit strong. To believe that your life is not a failed life because it’s marked by so much tragedy.”