Lyle Menendez hides secret from new lover as he becomes ‘prison wife’
November 24, 2024, published at 4:32 PM ET
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One of Lyle’s fellow inmates said he cheated on his wife, Rebecca Sneed, with a goateed man named Chino.
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Convicted along with his brother Erik for the bloody slaughter of their parents 23 years ago, Lyle had expressed his love for Sneed, whom he married in 2003, in phone calls every morning and during her visits to the prison.
But beyond her eyes, the 56-year-old killer became the prison wife of a muscular, goatee convict named Chino, according to fellow inmate Eugene Weems.
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Lyle is reportedly having an affair with 21-year-old British student Milly Bucksey.
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Weems said in an exclusive interview, “I saw Lyle and Chino cuddling in the same bed. I stood up and asked, ‘Lyle, what’s going on with you and Chino? I saw you all hugged. Ben you gay?’ “
He added: “The answer he gave me was somewhat shocking: ‘Chino is my husband.’
“He’s pretty open about it and says he likes to pretend he’s the GIRL in the relationship.”
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It was recently revealed that Lyle, who has been behind bars for 35 years, is allegedly having a secret affair with a British university student he met online.
Lyle is reportedly so fascinated by 21-year-old Milly Bucksey that he has said he wants to divorce his faithful wife.
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An insider told DailyMail.com: “Lyle adores Milly. And she calls him her boyfriend even though he’s married.”
Lyle’s romance with the University of Manchester student reportedly began earlier this year when Lyle spotted the student on a Facebook group run by his wife.
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A source said Lyle “adores Milly” and the 21-year-old calls the convicted felon her “boyfriend.”
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Sources close to the situation say he first contacted her under an alias before revealing his true identity.
Their romance has since taken off and Lyle was even caught talking to Milly on a smuggled cell phone at the maximum security Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California.
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The incident, filed in late October, was documented in the memo from former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.
It described how he was found with the phone on March 15 in a cell he shares with several other prisoners.
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However, Lyle has since obtained a second unauthorized cell phone to communicate with Milly.
In a true spirit of love, Milly also traveled 5,000 miles from her home in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, to San Diego to visit Lyle. The two were photographed together during his time in prison.
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In one photo, they posed lovingly in front of one of the prison’s murals, while in another Milly sat on Lyle’s knee.
The time stamp on the photo revealed that it was shot on Saturday, September 14 – a date that coincided with prison visiting hours and which happened to fall just days before the student’s return to college.
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In mid-November, Milly even changed her Facebook cover photo to a photo of Ocean Beach in San Diego – a possible ode to Lyle.
Lyle cheating on Sneed is nothing new for the 56-year-old, who was previously caught cheating on his first wife, Anna Eriksson.
Their marriage ended in 2001 after she caught him sending love letters to another woman behind bars.
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Lyle and Erik were sentenced to life in prison for brutally murdering their parents in 1989.
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DA Gascón announced he was recommending a resentencing the brothers in October they said they had “paid their debt to society”.
However, Gascón was voted out and replaced by Nate Hochman, who has jeopardized the brothers’ bid for freedom by announcing plans to review Gascón’s decision.
He will take over on December 1.
