The 1989 murder convicts Lyle and Erik Menendez featured in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story have spent more than three decades in jail and will continue to serve life sentences until the very end. Despite being locked up in prison, the Menendez brothers found the women they love and are happily married to them.
The younger brother Erik Menendez is now 53 and tied the knot with Tammi Ruth Saccoman in 1999. She's now recognized as Tammi Menendez and even has a daughter whom Erik Menendez adores.
Since the Menendez brothers aren't eligible for conjugal visits, Erik and Tammi Menendez do not share a biological child. Menendez has a stepdaughter named Talia who was born to Tammi when she was in a different marriage.
Throughout the years, the couple has faced public scrutiny, especially Tammi Menedez, who was often questioned about her marriage with Erik Menendez. The two first saw each other in 1997, and their relationship grew stronger with letters to each other.
To date, Tammi Menendez and her daughter Talia Saccoman keep paying visits to Erik Menendez in the prison in California. Menendez's wife has always spoken highly of her husband whom she has known for more than two decades now.
Tammi Menendez opened up about her marriage with Erik Menendez
Both Lyle and Erik Menendez are married to women who constantly support them and believe the brothers didn't lie about being abused by their father José Menendez from a young age. Lyle Menendez married his second wife Rebecca Sneed in 2003, and Erik Menendez has been married to Tammi Menendez for 25 years and counting.
While talking about her life as a prisoner's wife and raising her daughter Talia Saccoman, Tammi Menendez revealed that her husband provides his family with emotional support despite his imprisonment.
During MSNBC’s Dan Abrams on ‘The Abrams Report' interview, Tammi Menendez shed light on her marriage and said:
" I wrote one letter to him and he wrote back and I went to visit him in prison and our relationship developed. And I didn‘t set out to have a relationship with Erik, but it‘s something that happened. And you know, it‘s a very good relationship that I have with him."
Tammi also explained that people apart from her mother and Erik Menendez's family say "Is she crazy? Is she nuts?" over the marriage. She also shared that "it has been a very emotional experience" hearing such comments about her relationship with someone who has been charged with parricide.
Tammi Menendez even penned down a memoir titled They Said We’d Never Make It: My Life with Erik Menendez, in which she has documented life with Erik Menendez and how they met. It was published in 2005 and is available to purchase on Amazon.
Is Tammi Menendez featured in Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story?
No, neither of their wives have been featured in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which is inspired by the 1989 murder of famous entertainment executive José Menendez and his wife Kitty Menendez. The couple had only two sons: Lyle and Erik Menendez, who stand by the claim of child abuse.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second installment under Ryan Murphy and co-creator Ian Brennan, starring Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez and Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez. The anthology series has quickly become a hot topic for netizens to discuss online, as real-life figures have expressed dissatisfaction with the creative liberties taken by the makers.
What happened to Menendez brothers in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story?
Netflix released Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on Thursday, September 19, 2024, and took less time to become a controversial true-crime series. All nine episodes are available to watch on the streamer with each focusing on the crime committed by Lyle and Erik Menendez at their Beverly Hills mansion.
While Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch played the leading characters, other celebrated actors like Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny joined the cast as the Menendez couple. Throughout the episodes of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Lyle and Erik Menendez struggle with the emotional weight of being abused by their parents, followed by executing them on a weekend in August 1989.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is a true-crime series partly scripted by the creators to engage the viewers. However, their creative liberty is being criticized by many on social media platforms, including the Menendez brothers.
Now that Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is finally out, the streaming giant is set for the release of a new documentary on the Menendez brothers, where viewers will see the real Menendez brothers sharing their story.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is available on Netflix.
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