The Menendez Brothers are participating in a Netflix documentary after slamming how they're portrayed in the new scripted series 'Monsters.' Ryan Murphy's true-crime drama series about the brothers titled 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' is currently the No. 1 show on Netflix in the U.S. The series chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents.
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00:00The Menendez Brothers are participating in a Netflix documentary after slamming
00:04how they're portrayed in the new scripted series, Monsters.
00:08Brian Murphy's true-crime drama series about the brothers, titled Monsters,
00:12The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story, is currently the No. 1 show on Netflix in the U.S.
00:17The series chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the
00:22murders of their parents. On Monday, Netflix announced a new documentary titled The Menendez
00:27Brothers will hit the streamer on October 7. According to Netflix's description of the
00:31documentary, for the first time in 30 years, and in their own words, both brothers revisit
00:36the trial that shocked the nation. Netflix also says the project will,
00:39quote, offer new insight and a fresh perspective on a case that people only think they know.
00:45After Monsters was released last week, Eric Menendez spoke out about how he and his brother
00:50Lyle are depicted in the scripted series. Eric said in a statement, in part,
00:54It is sad for me to know that Netflix's dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime
00:59have taken the painful truths several steps backward, back through time to an era when
01:03the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused,
01:08and that males experienced rape trauma differently than women. Those awful lies
01:12have been disrupted and exposed by countless brave victims over the last two decades who've
01:17broken through their personal shame and bravely spoken out. For much more on this story,
01:22go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.