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

Menendez, who along with his brother is serving life in prison, also accused showrunner Ryan Murphy of willfully misrepresenting the facts behind the case.

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.

In a statement 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 killed their parents for financial gain.

“I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies rampant in the show,” Menéndez wrote in his statement. “I can only believe they were done so on purpose.”