Erik Menendez has publicly criticized Ryan Murphy and his new Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. This limited series is the second installment of Murphy's Monsters anthology with Ian Brennan , following last year's Jeffrey Dahmer story. The show, which premiered on Thursday, September 19, sparked controversy even before its release due to concerns about its exploitative nature and potential sexualization of the brothers' relationship.
Meet the cast of Monsters The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Menendez brothers' lives now after parents' murder as Netflix show is released Erik, now 53, voiced his disapproval of the series on his brother Lyle's Facebook page, condemning its portrayal of them. He accused Murphy of spreading falsehoods and undermining their childhood trauma. Both Erik and his older brother Lyle, 56, have maintained that they were victims of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by their parents, which led them to commit parricide.
In a statement captured in a screenshot, he said: "I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies rampant in the show. "I can only believe they were done so on purpose. 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.
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