{"id":806843,"date":"2026-08-08T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806843\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:18:12","slug":"menace-ii-society-star-samuel-monroe-jr-may-end-up-in-vegetative-state-tough-choice-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806843\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Menace II Society’ Star Samuel Monroe Jr. May End Up In Vegetative State, Tough Choice Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Menace II Society’ Sam Monroe Jr.
\n May End Up in Vegetative State …
\n Medical Decision Looms<\/p>\n

\n Published
\n August 8, 2026
\n 12:00 AM PDT
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\n Updated
\n August 8, 2026
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Samuel Monroe Jr.<\/a>\u00a0remains hospitalized in Los Angeles on life support, in a medically induced coma … and it’s getting more apparent there may be no light at the end of the tunnel, his family tells TMZ.<\/p>\n

The actor best known for his work in “Menace II Society” has been hospitalized<\/a> since April … initially going in for a severe case of meningitis, which turned into<\/a> MRSA pneumonia — and from there, one severe medical issue after another piled up.<\/p>\n

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Samuel’s wife,\u00a0Shawna Stewart<\/a>, tells TMZ … Sam’s brain continues to swell because ventricles have enlarged … and they’re not holding the cerebral fluid, which is resulting in seizures. He’s undergone three brain surgeries, we’re told.<\/p>\n

She also says his left lung has partially collapsed.<\/p>\n

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We’re told Sam continues to have CT scans to monitor brain activity … but doctors feel he may end up in a vegetative state … and the family is struggling with making a very tough choice.<\/p>\n

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As we reported … the actor has been\u00a0battling for his life\u00a0for months in the hospital … requiring multiple blood transfusions in a matter of days, as his body is decimated by MRSA pneumonia and meningitis, among other ailments. He’s been placed on\u00a0dialysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shawna tells us … the family — who launched<\/a>\u00a0a GoFundMe\u00a0back in April — is in agreement that Sam will undergo 3-4 more CT scans … and depending on the results, they may have to make a heartbreaking decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Menace II Society’ Sam Monroe Jr. May End Up in Vegetative State … Medical Decision Looms Published August…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-806843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}