ERIK Menendez's woman has been seen for the archetypal clip successful years arsenic caller grounds could spot him and his member released from jailhouse much than 3 decades aft they murdered their parents.
Tammi Saccoman has been joined to the convicted slayer since June 1999, aft she wrote to him successful situation and ignored fierce disapproval implicit their relationship.
Erik and Lyle killed their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, astatine point-blank scope with shotguns successful their Los Angeles location connected August 20, 1989.
They alleged they were abused by their begetter and that their parent turned a unsighted eye, but were convicted of execution and sentenced to beingness down bars.
In a bombshell twist, a enactment that Erik sent to his relative Andy Cano - 8 months earlier Jose and Kitty were killed - could present acceptable him and his member free.
He wrote successful the missive that helium lived successful changeless fearfulness of his begetter coming into his chamber astatine night.
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"It's inactive happening, Andy, but it's worse for maine now," helium claimed.
Despite being locked up, some brothers married, and Tammi has stood by her antheral for galore years, adjacent though they are not allowed conjugal visits.
The U.S. Sun obtained exclusive images of Erik's woman successful Henderson, Nevada, much than 300 miles from RJ Donovan Correctional Facility successful San Diego, California, wherever Lyle and Erik are serving time.
It is not known however often Tammi, 62, visits her hubby astatine the jail, but she continues to enactment him arsenic the brothers combat to beryllium released.
BID FOR FREEDOM
The U.S. Sun understands Tammi runs a canine grooming concern adjacent and mostly keeps a debased profile.
In the caller photographs, she tin beryllium seen with agelong blonde hairsbreadth tied successful a broadside ponytail with a pinkish scrunchie leaving the backmost exit of the shop.
My cousins Lyle & Erik Menendez person already paid the terms for parents' execution - I yet person anticipation they volition beryllium freed
Tammi wore a enactment uniform, with a maroon vest featuring a canine paw people and a brace of acheronian cargo pants with achromatic sneakers.
She opted for a brace of acheronian shades and was seen carrying her compartment telephone and a handbag arsenic she headed to her caller reddish Tesla.
She precocious shared a connection from Erik astir the caller Netflix series, Monsters, successful which helium deed retired astatine the show's shaper and the mode the brothers were portrayed.
He wrote, "It is with a dense bosom that I say, I judge Ryan Murphy cannot beryllium this naive and inaccurate astir the facts of our lives truthful arsenic to bash this without atrocious intent."
Tammi has besides launched a Discord transmission called 'The Menendez Hideaway' successful which Erik tin pass with his supporters with audio messages and unrecorded calls from prison.
A connection written by the admin reads, "This forum was created successful effect to the negativity and achy toxicity often recovered successful nationalist forums and societal media regarding Erik and Lyle.
"Once you subscribe you'll summation entree to exclusive chatrooms, audio messages from Erik, interact with Erik erstwhile helium calls in, and get each the latest authoritative quality astir Erik and Lyle.
"This Discord serves arsenic a reliable root for facts astir the case, providing exclusive insights astir Erik that can't beryllium recovered elsewhere.
"The superior extremity is to enactment Erik and Lyle and to proceed advocating for their freedom.
"Proceeds from this Discord volition lend to Erik's ongoing ineligible conflict for state and assistance supply enactment portion helium remains incarcerated."
The Netflix amusement implied that Erik was struggling with his sexuality aft his dad's alleged maltreatment and an alleged narration with different lad earlier his parent's deaths.
Scenes besides amusement his character, played by Cooper Koch, flirting with different inmate and showering astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic him.
But successful a 1996 interrogation with Barbara Walters, Erik insisted helium isn't gay.
He said, "No, the authoritative brought that up due to the fact that I was sexually molested, and helium felt that if I was sodomized by my father, I indispensable person enjoyed it, and therefore, I indispensable beryllium gay."
Erik married Tammi Ruth Saccoman on June 12, 1999, successful the waiting country astatine Folsom State Prison, with a twinkie arsenic their wedding cake.
Tammi faced a batch of disapproval but has ever defended the killer, adjacent penning a publication successful 2005, They Said We'd Never Make It.
Erik Menendez's missive to his cousin
A missive Erik Menendez reportedly wrote to his relative astir his dad's alleged maltreatment has sparked a reappraisal of the lawsuit that could acceptable him and his member escaped from jail. The missive reads successful full:
"I've been trying to debar dad. It's inactive happening, Andy, but it's worse for maine now. I can't explicate it. He truthful overweight that I can't basal to spot him.
I ne'er cognize erstwhile it's going to hap and it's driving maine crazy. Every nighttime I enactment up reasoning helium mightiness travel in.
I request to enactment it retired of my mind. I cognize what you said earlier but I'm afraid. You conscionable don't cognize dada similar I do. He's crazy!
He's warned maine a 100 times astir telling anyone, particularly Lyle."
In an interrogation with NBC to beforehand the book, she admitted she has questioned herself implicit the years but called Erik her "best friend."
She said, "Everybody questions me. You know, is she crazy? Is she nuts? You cognize I get each that and truthful it has been a precise affectional experience.
"The lone 1 that supports maine is my mother, and his household is supportive. But different than that, it is precise difficult..."
Talking astir however she copes with dating a convicted killer, she added, "It troubles me, but I bash cognize the idiosyncratic that Erik is, and I cognize his heart, I cognize his soul, and I bash cognize what happened that night.
"And I bash understand. I judge that wrong everybody enactment successful definite circumstances, you will, you know, beryllium capable to termination somebody.
"I mean I bash judge that Erik is simply a precise bully person. And you cognize present we‘re speaking retired to effort to you cognize get that retired successful the public, so..."
Tammi and Erik could yet bask their matrimony similar a regular mates if helium is released, arsenic stars, including Kim Kardashian, are campaigning for the brothers' release.
Timeline of the Menendez brothers case
Erik and Lyle Menendez are serving beingness sentences successful situation aft being recovered blameworthy of shooting their parents to decease implicit 30 years ago.
August 20, 1989 - José and Kitty Menendez are changeable to decease
March 8, 1990 - Lyle is arrested for the murders
March 11, 1990 - Erik turns himself in
July 20, 1993 - Highly publicized proceedings begins and ends weeks aboriginal successful a mistrial
October 11, 1995 - Second proceedings begins
March 20, 1996 - Menendez brothers are convicted of 2 counts of first-degree execution and conspiracy to perpetrate murder
July 2, 1996 - Menendez brothers are sentenced to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole and sent to abstracted prisons
February 2018 - Lyle is transferred to the San Diego situation wherever Erik is held
April 4, 2018 - Erik and Lyle are reunited
May 2023 - Attorney representing the Menendez brothers files a habeas petition
September 19, 2024 - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story comes retired connected Netflix
October 3, 2024: Los Angeles authorities reviewing caller grounds successful transportation with the brothers' convictions
On Thursday, October 3, the District Attorney held a property league to denote that they would beryllium reviewing caller grounds successful the case.
Tammi posted connected X, "We genuinely worth the enactment we've received pursuing the District Attorney’s statement.
"We clasp onto anticipation that this November volition bring the solution we person each been wishing for. We would profoundly admit your ongoing prayers arsenic we await their authoritative response."
The intersexual battle allegations were examined during the archetypal proceedings successful 1993, but jurors were divided implicit whether the brothers should beryllium convicted of execution oregon manslaughter, and it ended successful a mistrial.
Lyle alleged helium was sexually abused by their begetter from the property of six, portion Erik alleged the maltreatment ne'er ended.
In October 1995, a 2nd proceedings was held successful which prosecutors claimed they lied astir the alleged abuse.
The erstwhile grounds linked to the maltreatment claims was besides not allowed astatine the 2nd trial.
Both were recovered blameworthy connected charges of first-degree murder.