Lyle Menendez's wife, Rebecca Snead, is setting the record straight about the status of their relationship.
The lawyer wrote via Facebook on Friday that she and her husband have been “separated for some time.” [sic] now” (Per E! news).
However, she clarified that they “remain best friends and family.”
Sneed added: “I continue to run his Facebook page with input from him, and as has been clear over the years, I am committed to Lyle and Eric's continued fight for freedom. I will be forever devoted to it,” he added.
“We will continue to update you on developments in the case because we believe we all have a common goal of seeing their release,” she concluded. . “I will never stop fighting for them.”
Snead also insisted that his breakup with Lyle was not caused by a “cheating scandal.”
The Sun reported Last week it emerged that the convicted murderer, 56, had been having an affair with a 21-year-old Manchester University student.
On November 7, Lyle released a statement about his “difficult” marriage and how he is “learning as we go through it.”[ed] Becoming a husband and partner in prison.
“Next November will be my 20th wedding anniversary,” he wrote. “[Sneed’s] Their unwavering support and belief in me is what I am most grateful for and has played a huge role in my journey to becoming a better person. ”
Lyle and Snead married in November 2003, while Lyle and his brother Eric Menendez were in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents.
The brothers were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996.
Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch played Lyle and Eric, respectively, in Netflix's recent adaptation of the crime and subsequent trial, Monsters.
Since the series began streaming, many A-listers have called for the brothers' release, citing “years of abuse” at the hands of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
“They both have exemplary disciplinary records in prison,” Kim Kardashian says. claimed in an essay for NBC News In October. “We are indebted to the young boys who lost their childhoods, who never had the chance to be heard, helped, or saved.”
Later that month, the Los Angeles District Attorney requested a new sentence.
Eric spoke out against the program In September, he took to his wife Tammy Menendez's social media to condemn the “horrible story” and “vile and horrific portrayal of the character.”
