True story behind Menendez brothers' relationship as real-life killer breaks silence on incest scenes

Erik Menendez, 1 of the existent 'trust money brat' killers down Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, has slammed the shocking portrayal of sibling incest depicted successful the arguable Netflix show

One of the existent killers down the caller Netflix amusement Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story has deed backmost astatine the incest scenes that person shocked viewers.

The 10-part bid follows the existent communicative of brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez who, successful the summertime of 1989 slaughtered their ain parents José and Mary Louise 'Kitty' arsenic they relaxed successful the den of their Beverley Hills mansion. Successful grounds shaper José was changeable six times, portion Kitty, who had been filling retired Erik's assemblage exertion successful beforehand of the TV, was changeable 10 times.

The duo, who were dubbed the 'trust money brat brothers' during their high-profile trial, splashed retired connected spot and luxury cars aft subsequently receiving their $14 cardinal (£10.5 million) inheritance. However, they claimed the treble execution wasn't financially motivated, and that they had feared dada José would termination them aft allegedly subjecting them to years of intersexual abuse.

Both brothers, who were aged 21 and 18 astatine the clip of their parents' bloody murders, were convicted during a associated retrial successful 1996, and sentenced to beingness successful prison, without the anticipation of parole. Now younger member Erik has spoken retired against the sexualised characterisation of his and his brother's relationship, blasting the amusement arsenic a 'dishonest portrayal'.

Erik, present 53, who is serving his beingness condemnation astatine San Diego's Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility alongside elder member Lyle, 56, took purpose astatine shaper Ryan Murphy. Murphy antecedently sparked contention with his 2022 series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, with families of the serial killer's victims stating that it had re-traumatised them.

During their retrial, Lyle testified that helium had molested Erik portion they were children. However, Monsters depicts consensual sexualised interactions betwixt the brace arsenic adults. In a station shared via Facebook, Erik wrote: "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. 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.

"So present Murphy shapes his horrible communicative done vile and appalling quality portrayals of Lyle and of maine and disheartening slander."

Expressing gratitude towards those who've shown him support, Lyle besides questioned the motives of those down the series, asking: "Is the information not enough? Let the information basal arsenic the truth."

Erik's wife, Tammi Menendez has besides criticised the divisive Netflix production, which she claimed was an 'insane perversion of the truth'. Taking to societal media level X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, Tammy said: "I'm atrocious to cognize I was right. [...] The Netflix amusement was [an] insane perversion of the information and a implicit and tragic misrepresentation of Erik and Lyle!"

Netflix has not yet commented connected the backlash and has been approached for comment.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is disposable to watercourse connected Netflix.

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