Erik Menendez Says 'Monsters' Is Full Of 'Blatant Lies' About His Parents' Murders

Convicted murderer Erik Menéndez has criticized the new Netflix show “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” claiming that the true crime-inspired series is “rooted in horrible and blatant lies” about the events leading up to the 1989 murders of his parents.

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posted on his wife Tammi Menéndez’s account on X last week, Menéndez called the series a “dishonest portrayal” of his and his brother Lyle Menéndez’s lives. He accused the show’s co-creator, television producer Ryan Murphy, of crafting “Monsters” with “bad intent.”

Erik and Lyle Menéndez are both serving life sentences for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menéndez, and allege they killed the couple in self-defense following years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

Family members have corroborated the brothers making abuse accusations before the murders. Prosecutors, meanwhile, argued that the brothers