Erik Menendez refers to himself as a 'father' in jaw-dropping new prison letter as freedom beckons

Erik Menendez has dedicated his clip successful situation to being nan champion hubby and begetter possible, he revealed successful a letter included in his latest bid for freedom.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon revenge a 57-page mobility connected Friday recommending some Erik, now 53, and his older relative Lyle, 56, beryllium released from prison.

The brothers are currently serving life sentences pinch nary parole for nan August 1989 bulldoze of their parents Kitty and Jose wrong their Beverly Hills mansion.

Talia Menendez, now 29, is nan biologic girl of Erik's woman Tammi, but considers Erik her father.

She has emerged precocious arsenic 1 of nan astir outspoken advocates for her dada and uncle's freedom, and was successful nan room connected Thursday day to perceive Gascon's announcement. 

Gascon and supporters of nan duo - including almost 30 relatives - reason nan condemnation didn't adequately relationship for nan boys' claims they were being molested by their begetter and had endured years of abuse wrong nan family home.

In a filing seen by DailyMail.com, nan Menendez brothers were painted arsenic exemplary prisoners who person dedicated their lives to bettering themselves and different inmates. 

Undated letters written by some Erik and Lyle were included successful nan filing, shedding ray connected their priorities down bars.

Erik wrote: 'Today I find my worth successful nan exchanges of kindness I person pinch others, successful surviving arsenic a caring and loving hubby and father.'

He joined Tammi Menendez down bars successful 1999, taking connected her daughter, Talia, arsenic his own.

Talia's biologic begetter died by termination erstwhile she was 10 months old, and she has been visiting Erik regularly down bars since she was two.

While she doesn't stock photos of her look publicly, she has released respective pictures of herself and Erik complete nan years, sharing typical moments successful prison.

This includes a family image from situation connected Christmas Day erstwhile she was a child, and different pictures of Erik holding and cuddling her.

'People deliberation they cognize my dad, his brother, nan proceedings and nan upbringing, erstwhile really they don’t person nan slightest thought nan astonishing quality he really is,' she said successful a connection alongside 1 of nan saccharine family snaps.

'Visiting him are immoderate of my favourite puerility memories... My dada was much of a dada than astir retired successful nan existent world. I retrieve nan guards allowing america to bring successful my homework (up to 10 pages) and my dada helping maine pinch it each visit.'

The 29-year-old runs an Instagram page dedicated to her father's freedom, and was coming successful Los Angeles connected Thursday day erstwhile Gascon made his recommendation.

After nan announcement, she said: 'Today was a profoundly important time for our family. I americium encouraged by nan anticipation that my begetter whitethorn soon person a chance for parole... Gascon has acknowledged that he has served capable clip and should beryllium released.'

But Talia said she was 'disappointed' and had hoped nan DA would spell further successful trying to unafraid Erik's speedy release.

'I firmly judge my begetter deserves to travel location now, and I'm holding connected to dream that nan resentencing judge will agree.' 

Talia described nan 'special' infinitesimal of sharing specified monumental news pinch her mother 'and extended family connected my father's side.'

'We spent hours talking, exchanging stories and strengthening nan enslaved we each share.' 

Erik said successful his missive that nan 'process of rebuilding my life has been agelong and challenging,' forcing him to 'let spell of nan only worth strategy I had ever known - beliefs and principles instilled successful maine by my parents from infancy.'

He has spent his years down bars exploring 'a caller nan meaning of values, love, and compassion wrong a community. 

'I had to reshape my knowing of occurrence and reevaluate what it intends to unrecorded a life of existent purpose.'

The filing revealed Erik has received conscionable 7 infraction notices crossed his 34 twelvemonth incarceration.

These person each been for comparatively insignificant incidents - 2 fist fights successful 1997 and 2011, possession of a compartment telephone and 'excessive beingness interaction pinch a female visitor' successful 2006.

Erik besides refused to supply a urine sample successful 2003, and misled a defender astir taking controlled medicine connected 1 juncture successful 2005.  

A missive written by Lyle honed successful connected his experiences wrong situation arsenic a known subsister of intersexual abuse.

He said: 'The unprecedented publicity surrounding nan lawsuit and my ain admissions arsenic a 'survivor of intersexual maltreatment brought an outpouring of connection pinch different victims of rape and incest crossed nan state and world.'

'My ain life will ne'er beryllium free of my suffering but I recovered a measurement to usage shared experiences to thief others and myself heal.'

 Lyle said he has dedicated himself to connecting pinch maltreatment survivors successful prison, and has spent 'countless hours' connected nan cause, 'personally penning thousands of letters to maltreatment survivors successful consequence to their letterse to me.'

'Another astonishing consequence of being truthful nationalist astir my ain activity maltreatment is nan tremendous number of prisoners who person confided their ain shameful experiences pinch this trauma. 

'They recovered successful maine a safe spot to share.' 

The filing revealed that Lyle has had conscionable 5 norm violations wrong prison, and erstwhile had to beryllium moved retired of wide organization to nan 'special needs' conception owed to his unwillingness to conflict aliases take sides himself.

'It's important to statement that Lyle Menendez has not been successful a azygous conflict successful nan 30 years he has been incarcerated,' nan filing states.

'In 1997 he had to beryllium moved from General Population to nan Special Needs gait because he wouldn't conflict backmost erstwhile attacked.'

His norm violations see possessing a compartment phone, misusing nan communal phone, possessing a lighter and receiving a brace of Adidas shoes from a guest.

He erstwhile besides refused to time off administrative segregation.

Gascon said successful his filing that nan brothers' behaviour down bars complete a sustained play of clip demonstrates they are of nary consequence to nan community.

He besides urged a tribunal to see nan duo's younker astatine nan clip of nan offences - conscionable 18 and 21.

Under California law, offenders aged nether 26 astatine nan clip of their crime who person immoderate condemnation isolated from life without parole are entitled to parole information aft 25 years down bars.

Bearing this successful mind, Gascon hopes some Erik and Lyle will beryllium resentenced and tin beryllium released connected parole instantly erstwhile factoring successful clip already served.

A judge will yet beryllium responsible for nan last decision, but this improvement has fixed dream to relatives who person been pursuing their merchandise for years.