Bennington, Chester had a wife. He dated Talinda Ann Bentley, a former Playboy model, from the end of 2004 until their marriage in 2006. Their first child, Tyler Lee Bennington, was born in March 2006. In March 2011, she gave birth to twin girls named Lila and Lily.
They also took care of his ex-partners’ children till his passing in 2017. Shortly after Chester committed suicide, Talinda’s Twitter account was taken over. The hacker then published a string of abusive tweets in which Talinda was accused of cheating on Chester and insulted in general.
Townsend was given a two-year prison sentence after being found guilty of tampering with the couple’s email and other personal information as well as sending threatening texts. He was heterosexual in his sexual preferences.
Midway through the 1990s, Chester Bennington’s romance with Elka Brand became public knowledge. They parted ways eventually.
His son Jamie was born in May 1996. Later, he adopted Isaiah, his second son. He wed Samantha Marie Olit, his first wife, in October 1996. Draven Sebastian, the couple’s first child, was born to her in April 2002. The married couple filed for divorce in 2005.
