Lyle Menendez’s longtime wife has announced she and her hubby have been separated for some time but insists the breakup has nothing to do with his reported affair with a student 35 years his junior.
Rebecca Sneed – an attorney who married the convicted murderer from behind bars in 2003 – said on Facebook Friday that the pair remain “best friends and family” even though they’re no longer together as a couple.
She added that she will continue to run his social media accounts on his behalf, and that she remains “forever committed to the enduring fight for Lyle and Erik’s freedom, as has been so evident over the years,” she wrote.
Lyle Menendez’s wife Rebecca Sneed admitted on Facebook that they are separated. Oxygen
Sneed and Menendez got married in 2003 during the convicted murderer’s prison sentence. Sygma via Getty Images
The announcement comes after a report on Menendez having an affair with 21-year-old Milly Bucksey at the beginning of this year.
“I’ll continue to update you all on the progress of the case because I believe we all have the common goal of seeing the guys walk free!” she concluded. “I will never stop fighting for them.”
Lyle and his brother, Erik, are currently waiting to learn if they’ll be getting out of prison for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Kitty and Jose, whom they gunned down in their swanky Beverly Hills mansion.
The brothers’ case has seen a surge of fresh interest after featuring in a popular Netflix series, “Monsters,” followed by outgoing Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón recommending the brothers be resentenced to make them eligible for parole.
However, Gascón losing his re-election bid has thrown their potential bid for freedom into uncertainty.
Sneed wrote that she and Menendez are still “best friends and family” despite no longer being a couple. Rebecca Menendez/Facebook
Sneed insisted that the separation has nothing to do with Menendez’s alleged affair. Milly BuckseyLast week, The Sun reported Lyle, 56, was carrying on a jailhouse romance with a 21-year-old University of Manchester student.
He released a statement Nov. 7 in which he conceded it was “challenging” to navigate marriage as an inmate and talked about how he’s had to “learn to be a husband and partner” from behind bars.
Lyle and his brother Erik Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents Kitty and Jose in 1989. AFP via Getty Images
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced that he is recommending the brothers be resentenced to make them eligible for parole. California Dept. of Corrections via AP, File“This coming November will be my 20th wedding anniversary,” he wrote. “[Sneed’s] unwavering support and belief in me is something I am most grateful for and has played no small part in my journey to be a better person.”
The brothers have been serving life sentences without the possibility of parole since 1996.
