Menendez brother, who gunned down parents, slams new documentary for 'dishonest portrayal'

Erik Menendez, 1 of the 2 Menendez brothers who gunned down their parents wrong their Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, mansion successful 1989, is condemning what helium describes arsenic a "dishonest portrayal" of their communicative successful a caller documentary.

Joseph Menendez, who goes by his mediate sanction Lyle, and his brother, Erik, shot their parents, Jose and Mary "Kitty" Menendez. They were some convicted successful the murders and ordered to service beingness successful situation successful 1996, but they person precocious been seeking reduced sentences.

"I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous quality portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted successful horrible and blatant lies rampant successful the show. I tin lone judge they were done truthful connected purpose. It is with a dense bosom that I say, I judge Ryan Murphy cannot beryllium this naive and inaccurate astir the facts of our lives truthful arsenic to bash this without atrocious intent," Erik said successful a connection that his wife, Tammi Menendez, posted to X. 

The documentary, "The Menendez Brothers," which features interviews with some brothers, premieres connected Netflix Oct. 7. A property merchandise for the movie promises to "offer different position — that of the brothers themselves." 

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Erik and Lyle Menendez perceive during their proceedings successful the 1990s. (Ted Soqui/Sygma)

The documentary volition besides item the brothers' allegations that their father sexually assaulted them.

But astatine slightest 1 member does not look to beryllium blessed with the last product.

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The Menendez brothers — Erik, left, and Lyle — connected the steps of their Beverly Hills location successful November 1989.  (Ronald L. Soble/Los Angeles Times)

"It is bittersweet for maine to cognize that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our transgression person taken the achy truths respective steps backward — backmost done clip to an epoch erstwhile the prosecution built a communicative connected a content strategy that males were not sexually abused, and that males experienced rape trauma otherwise than women," Erik said successful his connection shared by Tammi. 

"Those atrocious lies person been disputed and exposed by countless brave victims implicit the past 2 decades who person breached done their idiosyncratic shame and bravely spoken out. So present Murphy shapes his horrible communicative done vile and appalling quality portrayals of Lyle and of maine and disheartening slander."

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Erik further demanded to "[l]et the information basal arsenic the truth."

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"How demoralizing to cognize that 1 antheral with powerfulness tin undermine decades of advancement successful shedding airy connected puerility trauma," helium continued successful the statement. "Violence is ne'er an answer, ne'er a solution, and is ever tragic. As such, I anticipation it is ne'er forgotten that unit against a kid creates a 100 horrendous and soundless transgression scenes darkly shadowed down glitter and glamor and seldom exposed until calamity penetrates everyone involved. To each those who person reached retired and supported me, convey you from the bottommost of my heart."

The brothers' attorneys person argued they should person been convicted of manslaughter alternatively than murder, successful which lawsuit they already would person been released from prison.

Fox News' Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.