Kim Kardashian paid an unexpected visit to prison to speak with Erik and Lyle Menendez after a Netflix dramatisation of their life. Attention has been brought to the brothers’ case due to the backlash surrounding Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story , created by Ryan Murphy . Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, were jailed for life without the possibility of parole in 1996, after confessing to the murder of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.
During the trial, they claimed they acted in self-defence, having been sexually abused by their father from as young as six years old. The show has proved controversial, with a series of ‘incestuous’ scenes between the brothers coming under fire from family members and Erik himself. Kim, 43, is said to have visited at the weekend to discuss prison reform with the brothers as well as the Greenspace project, which they are involved in.
She was joined by her sister Khloe and actor Cooper Koch, who stars as Erik in the show, at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. The reality star, who is training as a lawyer and advocates for prison reform, has previously worked with Ryan in his series American Horror Story .
Kim is set to work with him once again on a series called All’s Fair, made specifically for her by the Glee creator. Erik dismissed the Netflix dramatisation as filled with ‘blatant lies’, stating that the Ryan could ‘only have bad intent’. In a statement, released by his wife Tammi, he said: ‘I believ.