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What the 'Monsters' Cast Said About Menendez Inaccuracies, Incest Backlash
The cast of Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters' spoke out after receiving backlash for how they portrayed Lyle and Erik Menendez on the show
Season 2 of the hit Netflix series debuted in September and chronicled Lyle ( Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik’s ( Cooper Koch) 1989 arrest for the murder of their parents, José ( Javier Bardem) and Kitty ( Chloë Sevigny). Taking inspiration from footage of the trial and subsequent interviews, Monsters mirrored key moments from Lyle and Erik’s lives before and after they were sentenced to life without parole for shooting their mother and father. Similar to season 1 of Monster — which was centered around Evan Peters ‘ portrayal of Jeffrey Dahmer — the show came under fire for several inaccuracies about the Menéndez brothers, including the insinuation that they were in a sexual relationship.
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