Netflix show Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is being talked about globally, although nit every talk has been positive. While some are appreciating the content, a section of the audience is blaming the Ryan Murphy show for not showing the truth. Now, real-life Menendez brother Erik has joined the conversation and slammed the show.
Erik Menendez puts Ryan Murphy on blast
Erik and brother Lyle are both serving life sentences for murdering their parents and Netflix's show Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Tammi Menendez has, on X, posted a statement by Erki that reads: “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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Erik Menendez criticises Netflix's dishonesty
Erk further criticised Netflix and said, "It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime have 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. Those awful lies have been disputed and exposed by countless brave victims over the last two decades who have broken through their personal shame and bravely spoken out. So now Murphy shapes his horrible narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander."
After talking about the character slander, Erik also asked if the truth was not enough and added, "Let the truth stand as the truth. How demoralizing to know that one man with power can undermine decades of progress in shedding light on childhood trauma. Violence is never an answer, never a solution, and is always tragic. As such, I hope it is never forgotten that violence against a child creates a hundred horrendous and silent crime scenes darkly shadowed behind glitter and glamor and rarely exposed until tragedy penetrates everyone involved. To all those who have reached out and supported me, thank you from the bottom of my heart.”