According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Cooper Koch met with the Menendez brothers in prison in a visit arranged by Kim Kardashian. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.
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00:00According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Cooper Koch met with the Menendez brothers
00:04in prison in a visit arranged by Kim Kardashian. Koch plays Eric Menendez in the Netflix series
00:09Monsters, The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story, which was released on September 19th.
00:14The show was about the brothers' real-life 1989 murder of their parents. Menendez's wife Tammy
00:20issued a statement that day, quoting Eric as saying, "...Netflix's dishonest portrayal of
00:24the tragedies surrounding our crime have taken the painful truths several steps backward."
00:29But Koch says his interaction with the brothers was positive, quoting Eric as saying,
00:33"...I know you're doing great. You did a great job in episode 5 and I'm going to watch it.
00:38I just, you know, it's difficult." Koch added, "...I feel for him. I can't imagine what it must
00:42be like to have the worst parts of your life be portrayed on television in this fictionalized,
00:47dramatized way." Sky News reports that the brothers are seeking a retrial in light of
00:51newly revealed evidence bolstering their claims of having been sexually abused by their father.