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Talia Menendez is the biological daughter of Erik Menendez's wife, Tammi Menendez

She has called Erik her "earth dad" and has had a close relationship with him since she was a toddler

Talia has advocated for Erik and condemned the parole board for denying his release in August 2025

Erik Menendez has been a father figure from behind bars since the '90s.

He shares a stepdaughter named Talia Menendez with his wife, Tammi Menendez . Despite Erik being imprisoned the whole time Talia has known him, the two have had a close relationship since she was a young child. When Tammi and Erik married in 1999, Talia was just a baby.

Tammi was previously married to a man named Chuck Saccoman, and they had daughter Talia together, she explained to PEOPLE in 2005. Saccoman died whe

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