Lyle Menendez was continually injured throughout his early days in jail, his ex-wife says … however, he saved a humorousness via all of it and by no means spilled on precisely what occurred to him.

We spoke with Anna Eriksson — Lyle’s spouse from 1996 to 2001 — who tells TMZ she went to go to Lyle fairly a bit when he was first incarcerated … and, he was clearly affected by a sequence of accidents when she noticed him.

Eriksson says she as soon as noticed the white of his eye was blood-red … and, one other time he could not even stroll correctly. Anna says she despatched Lyle new footwear however later seen he was carrying some previous ones she did not acknowledge — and, she believes the brand new ones had been taken from him by pressure.

Regardless of the plain points, Anna says Lyle by no means opened as much as her about what he was going via … claiming as a substitute he was injured enjoying basketball. He by no means complained, she mentioned, regardless of dwelling a brutal expertise.

On one event, Anna remembers the warden on the jail the place Lyle was doing time telling her that Lyle wanted to return out of his cell to keep away from including extra time to his sentence.

When she instructed Lyle this, he responded by explaining he noticed a fellow prisoner’s throat slit at some point … and, he did not need to depart his cell within the morning after that as a result of he feared for his life.

Anna says the brothers’ telephone calls with their therapists and a priest helped the brothers to settle down and take care of themselves behind bars. The assistance allowed the Menendez bros to raised take care of their feelings.

As we instructed you … Erik spoke with Harvey and Mark Geragos on the “2 Offended Males” podcast in regards to the brutal beatings he and Lyle suffered early on in jail. Their remedy has improved over time, we’re instructed … and, Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego has been a a lot much less harmful atmosphere for the brothers.