Erik Menendez’s Wife Says He’s Playing Secret Santa for Prison Inmates

More details about Erik MenendezThe life of the deceased has been exposed – starting with the way he celebrated holidays with his roommates.

Erik’s wife, Tammi Menendeztook to X earlier this month to talk about a story that inmates at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility made candy bowls for Halloween. Tammi, 62, denied the report before sharing how Erik, 53, celebrated the Christmas season while in custody.

“The truth is that Erik has been playing Secret Santa with his roommates for the past five years!” she wrote before adding, “Let’s not let him spend another birthday, Thanksgiving or Christmas in jail.” It’s time for someone to stand up and do the right thing!”

Tammi spoke highly of Erik and my brother Lyle MenendezAttempts to challenge the life sentence. The brothers were arrested in 1990 for two murders after their parents, Kitty again Jose Menendezthey were found shot in their home.

Erik and Lyle, 56, admitted to killing their parents following years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse. They were eventually convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 after two high-profile trials. Although their previous attempts to appeal the decision were rejected, the latest high-profile TV projects, like Monsters again The Menendez Brothersgave Erik and Lyle a chance for freedom.

In October, the Los Angeles district attorney recommended that a judge sentence Erik and Lyle to 50 years, which would make them eligible for parole and release from prison.

“I won’t even talk about it [Erik and Lyle] have a plan [after their potential prison release]. I just think that in order to succeed each day, you have to put yourself down,” their lawyer Mark Geragos he told Us Weekly exclusively at a press conference that month. “It’s a long way to live outside [parole] about 17 years to be optimistic.”

While serving his sentence, Erik married Tammi in 1999. The couple met when she started writing him letters in prison and Tammi has remained close to Erik throughout his incarceration.

“Tammi is what keeps me going,” Erik explained People in 2005. “I can’t think about the sentence. When I do it, I do it with great sadness and great fear. I break out in a cold sweat. It’s so scary that I still haven’t come to terms with it.”

He continued: “Tammi’s love was a big step in my life choices. To have someone who loves you unconditionally, with whom you can be completely comfortable, is good for anyone – to know that this person loves me as I am.”

Lyle, on the other hand, found love Rebecca Sneedand they got married in 2003 after writing letters to each other for almost ten years.

“People are judgmental, and he has to put up with a lot,” Lyle shared People in 2017 about how he feels “guilty” for what his wife has endured because of their marriage. “But he has the courage to face obstacles. It would be easy to walk away, but I’m so thankful he didn’t.”