Ryan Murphy says he has ‘no interest’ in speaking to the Menendez brothers after Monsters backlash
Ryan Murphy has said he has “no interest” in speaking to the Menendez brothers following criticism of his latest series Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
The Netflix series is a fictionalised retelling of the famous true-crime case which captured headlines in the 90s. Nicholas Chavez plays Lyle, while out gay star Cooper Koch portrays Erik.
The brothers shot their parents dead at their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989 and managed to evade suspicion for several months before being arrested. Both were charged with murder.
The defence teams tried in vain to have the charge reduced to manslaughter because of the alleged sexual abuse the brothers had faced at the hands of their father. Lyle and Erik were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder. After two
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