The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez is on Netflix
Second season of the series Monsterstitled Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendezis available on Netflix from September 19, 2024. After the success of the first season dedicated to Jeffrey Dahmer, this second season focuses on the murders committed by Lyle and Erik Menendez, who killed their parentsJosé and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.
The brothers’ trial, one of the most high-profile of its time, revealed allegations of sexual abuse, destructive family influences and toxic relationships within the Menendez family.
The series, created by Ryan Murphy, follows the events before, during and after the crime.
Erik Menendez Denounces “Lies and Destructive Caricatures”
In a press release shared by his wife Tammi Menendez on the social network X, we discover that Erik Menendez violently attacks Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series. He has openly criticized the way the show portrays himself and his brother, calling it “a destructive caricature of Lyle” that according to him is “rooted in horrible lies”. For Erik Menendez, the series creates a partial and sensationalist portrait of their history, and stresses that “Ryan Murphy can’t be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives without it being intentional.”
Erik Menendez’s criticisms are aimed directly at his brother’s portrayal in the series, but also at the way their story was shaped to serve a dramatic narrative. According to him, Monsters perpetuates stereotypes and misconceptions about the tragic events that marked their lives.
Erik Menendez accuses Netflix of reversing progress made in understanding sexual abuse, especially that of men. He laments that the series appears to ignore the pain and trauma of sexual abuse he says he experienced, explaining that the media coverage of their trial at the time was based on the idea that men couldn’t be abused in this way. “These horrible lies have been exposed by countless brave victims over the past two decades,” he said.
For him, The Netflix series reinforces these misconceptionsobscuring the deeper reasons that drove them to commit these crimes and refusing to take into account the elements of their traumatic childhood, instead presenting “a simplified and distorted version of the facts”.
“The truth should be enough”
In his press release, Erik Menendez calls for the truth to prevail. He expresses outrage at the spectacle’s ability to alter public perception of events and “undermine decades of progress in recognizing childhood trauma.” He insists on the importance of not downplaying the severity of the abuse he says he suffered and which, according to him, is at the heart of this criminal case.
Erik Menendez concludes by thanking the people who supported him and continue to believe his version of events, stressing that the truth should stand on its own without the need to dramatize or distort it for narrative purposes.
Both brothers are serving life sentences in the United States.
Source: Cine Serie
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