After Erik’s protest against Ryan Murphy’s TV series, the entrepreneur, influencer and activist for prisoners’ rights visits the San Diego detention facility together with actor Cooper Koch, who plays the role of Erik Menéndez in the fiction
Sean Murphy’s Netflix series continue to be a talking point. Since September 19, the streaming platform (also visible on Sky Glass, Sky Q and via app on NOW Smart Stick) has been available Monsters: The Story of Lyle ed Erik Menéndeza nine-episode series starring Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny that tells a well-known crime story that occurred in the United States in 1989. And if for Dahmer The families of the victims of the Milwaukee Monster had been the ones to protest, this time the ones to raise their voices were the two directly involved, Lyle and Erik Menéndez, convicted in 1996 and still in prison.
Kim Kardashian’s Commitment
After formally protesting against what they consider an exploitation of their sad story, calling the production “a dishonest portrait,” the two received a visit from Cooper Koch, an actor in the series, and Kim Kardashian, who has recently started her collaboration with the creator of the anthology series, Ryan Murphy. According to what was reported by TMZ; Kardashian, who has long been directly involved in deep justice reform in the United States of America, went to the San Diego County Jail to speak to a group of 40 inmates, including the two Menendez brothers. Also present at the meeting was Koch, who plays Erik Menéndez in Murphy’s series. Among the topics discussed was Greenspace, a reform strategy that aims to improve prison yards to facilitate rehabilitation, strongly promoted by the Menéndez brothers.
Erik Menéndez’s letter
After the release of the series that tells the story of him and his brother, Erik released a statement attacking the production: “I believe we have already gone beyond the lies and the damaging portrayals of the Lyle character, creating a caricature of Lyle that is rooted in the horrible and blatant aspects that the show abounds with. I can only believe that they did this on purpose. And it is with a heavy heart that I say this: I believe Ryan Murphy could not be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives, therefore he must have done it in bad faith.”
Ryan Murphy accused of deception
Menéndez continues: “It saddens me that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime has taken the truth several steps back – to a time when prosecutors constructed a narrative around the widespread belief that men cannot be sexually abused and that they experience the trauma of rape differently than women. These horrendous lies have been shattered and exposed by a huge number of brave victims who over the past two decades have overcome their personal shame to speak out bravely. And now Murphy brings this horrific narrative to life through a vile and appalling portrayal of Lyle and me and a disheartening slander.”
The position of the Menéndez brothers
Erik Menéndez’s note concludes: “Isn’t the truth enough? Let the truth stand as such. How demoralizing to know that a man of power can undermine decades of progress in exposing childhood trauma.” After being arrested and tried, the Menéndez brothers confessed to the murder of their parents and explained it as a response to the repeated sexual abuse suffered by their father at a very young age.
