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‘Monsters’ Star Cooper Koch Says He Spoke With Erik Menendez After Life Sentence Reduction: He Wants to Make ‘A Lot of Change in the Prison System’


Cooper Koch, who starred as Erik Menendez in 'Monsters,' opened up about his recent conversation with his real-life counterpart.

Koch went on to say that “the most inspiring” thing he heard from Erik Menendez was his passion for what he plans to do after he gets out, which includes working towards “a lot of change in the prison system.” Koch shared that Erik Menendez hopes that if he and his brother are released from prison, that in “10 years, people look back and they say, ‘We really made the right decision. Public interest in the case heightened after release of Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters” series about the murder and trial in September 2024.

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