Parents of convict Lyle Menendez’s young Brit lover Milly Bucksey, 35, give shock reaction as tryst behind bars revealed
THE family of convict Lyle Menendez’s younger Brit lover have revealed they had no idea they were in a relationship.
Lyle and his brother Erik Menendez have returned to headlines after Netflix released a series about the murders of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez in August 1989.
As both convicted killers prepare for a hearing about a resentencing, the sordid details of Lyle’s love life behind bars have been revealed.
The older Menendez brother who is now 56, is believed to have started a relationship with a 21-year-old British student despite being married to Rebecca Sneed since 2003.
Now, the parents of Lyle’s lover have spoken out about the forbidden lovers.
Milly Bucksey’s dad Peter, 78, speaking today from their family home in Altrincham, Manchester, told The Sun: “We know nothing about it.
“But it’s our personal business.”
Neighbors said they were shocked a “stunned” to hear that the 21-year-old has struck up a relationship with Lyle Menendez.
One said: “It’s a bit unusual, isn’t it.
“I could never imagine someone like her getting involved with him.”
Another neighbor described the Buckseys as a “nice” family.
She said: “I only moved in around six months ago.
“So I don’t know them that well.
“But they’re a nice family.”
She added that she believes Milly is the only child of Peter and his wife Karen, 57.
It’s understood that she still lives with her parents and is a student at the University of Manchester.
Timeline of the Menendez brothers case
Erik and Lyle Menendez have been serving a life imprisonment sentence without the possibility of parole since July 1996.
The brothers were convicted of shooting their parents to death in their Beverly Hills home in August 1989.
Timeline:
August 20, 1989 – José and Kitty Menendez are found dead from multiple shotgun wounds.
March 8, 1990 – Lyle is arrested outside his parents’ Beverly Hills mansion.
March 11, 1990 – Erik turns himself in to police after flying back into Los Angeles from Israel.
July 20, 1993 – The highly publicized trial of Lyle and Erik begins and ends weeks later in a mistrial.
October 11, 1995 – Lyle and Erik’s second trial begins.
March 20, 1996 – The Menendez brothers are convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
July 2, 1996 – Lyle and Erik are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and sent to separate prisons.
February 2018 – Lyle is transferred to the San Diego prison, where Erik is held.
April 4, 2018 – Lyle was moved into the same housing unit as Erik – the first time the brothers were reunited in over 20 years.
May 2023 – The attorney representing Lyle and Erik files a habeas petition after Roy Rosselló, a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, made sexual abuse allegations against Jose Menendez.
September 19, 2024 – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story releases on Netflix.
October 3, 2024: Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said his office was reviewing new evidence in connection with Lyle and Erik’s convictions.
October 7, 2024 – The Menendez Brothers documentary film comes out on Netflix.
October 16, 2024 – Family members of the Menendez brothers hold a press conference begging for the siblings to be released from prison.
October 24, 2024 – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón recommends the brothers be resentenced.
December 11, 2024 – The Menendez brothers are set to go before a judge in a scheduled hearing.
Her killer-boyfriend reportedly told Bucksey that he wanted a divorce from his 55-year-old wife, whom he had an affair with which broke up his first marriage to Anna Eriksson.
Lyle contacted the student after he noticed that she was in a Facebook group set up by Sneed in support of the brothers who are serving life sentences for their crimes.
Using a contraband phone which was discovered on March 15, Lyle contacted the Brit from his cell at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, according to the Daily Mail.
He has reportedly secured a second phone so he can continue to communicate with Milly who he “adores,” a source told the Mail.
“She refers to him as her boyfriend even though he’s married,” they added.
The student has flown out to the facility numerous times to visit her lover and the pair have been pictured embracing each other in one of the prison yards.
Another shows Milly beaming while sitting on Lyle’s lap.
She has not commented publicly about her relationship with the Menendez brother.
But, Sneed has revealed to the Daily Mail that she and Lyle have been separated “for a while now but remain best friends and family,” stating that it is “not a cheating scandal.”
Erik and Lyle are set to go before a judge on December 11 for a hearing about a potential resentencing after clemency pleas were made.
Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18, admitted to fatally shooting their parents, but have always claimed they acted in self-defense.
The brothers said they feared for their lives as their parents wanted to stop them from revealing José had sexually abused Erik for years.
But, in a second trial after the first ended in a hung jury, they were each convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
They have now served 35 years out of their life sentences but had they been convicted of manslaughter they could now be up for parole.