Erik Menendez Blasts Netflix Series ‘Monsters’: ‘Ryan Murphy Cannot Be This Naive and Inaccurate’
variety.comMeredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Real-life Menendez brother, Erik, has weighed in on Ryan Murphy‘s depiction of his past crimes in the new Netflix series, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” In an online statement posted via his wife Tammi Menendez’s X account, Menendez, who was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder along with his brother Lyle for killing their parents, said that the drama series perpetrated “ruinous character portrayals” of them both.
The statement also accused Murphy of having bad intent due to the nature of the narrative that the showrunner created. “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,” Menendez wrote in his statement.
Menendez, who is currently serving out a life sentence with his brother Lyle at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, Calif., calls out the series for reviving “dishonest” narratives about their lives, accusing the series of misrepresenting of male trauma and sexual abuse.
He also states that he was saddened by what he perceives as a backward step in understanding childhood trauma, condemning the series for perpetuating damaging lies and slander.
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