Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for killing their parents in 1989. The new Netflix series, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,’ delved into the crime’s backstory through Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s writing.
Erik recently criticized the series, accusing Murphy of having ‘bad intent’ with the ‘ruinous character portrayals’ of him and his brother in the show.
“It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent,” he wrote via his wife Tammi’s X account.
Menendez also claimed the graphic miniseries was spreading what he called ‘dishonest’ stories about their lives and misrepresenting male trauma and sexual abuse.
“It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime has taken the painful truths several steps backward – back through time to an era when the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experienced rape trauma differently than women,” he commented.
The 53-year-old, now serving out a life sentence with his brother at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, ended his post by thanking those who supported him.
‘Monsters’ depicted the 1989 murders, with actors Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny playing the parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch appeared as Lyle and Erik.
Erik's response to the Netflix's series.#NetflixMonsters #Netflix #RyanMurphy pic.twitter.com/Xz1waxA2u3
— Tammi Menendez (@TammiMenendez1) September 20, 2024
