Erik Menendez: Last News

Erik and Lyle Menendez even before Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters” came out.The comedian, 62, went on “Larry King Live!” 30 years ago and said she believed the Menendez brothers’ claims that they were molested by their father, Jose Menendez. The siblings murdered Jose and their mom, Kitty Menendez, in 1989 and were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 — which is all explored in the massively popular new Netflix show.In a new interview with Variety, O’Donnell said she got a letter from Lyle, 56, after going on King’s show — but her future “The View” co-host, Barbara Walters, warned her about supporting the siblings at the time.“I was out to lunch with Barbara Walters and our publicist Cindy Berger, and I said, ‘Barbara, you’re not going to believe this, but guess who wrote to me — Lyle Menendez,’ ” O’Donnell recalled.“Barbara said, ‘Ignore him, he’s a murderer.

The original prosecutor in the Menendez brothers' murder trial has left TikTok users stunned with their candid remarks about the online community's analysis of the case.

The case of the Menendez brothers is back in the public eye following the release of Netflix series Monsters. The streaming giant is set to release a documentary featuring interviews with Erik and Lyle Menendez from prison.

Kim Kardashian is speaking out in defense of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Netflix‘s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.Following the news that a court hearing has been set for Erik and Lyle Menendez, and that new evidence that they were allegedly molested by their father is now being considered, Murphy has expressed an interest in extending the season.“I think what I would be interested in doing, if Nicholas [Alexander Chavez] and Cooper [Koch] would agree to do it, is maybe one or two episodes that continue the story,” he told Variety.Chavez and Koch star as Lyle and Erik, respectively, in the show, which charts the brothers’ conviction and sentencing to life in prison for the first-degree murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.Shortly after it was announced that the new evidence was being examined, Murphy’s friend and collaborator Kim Kardashian published an essay calling for the release of the Menendez brothers.Murphy, who co-created Monsters with Ian Brennan, first showed Kardashian the show about a month before it premiered on Netflix. “She knew a lot about the case, and she grew up with it,” Murphy said.

Kim Kardashian is advocating for the release of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have been behind bars for 35 years for the murder of their parents.

Prepare to be shocked, true crime enthusiasts!!

Jordan Moreau After visiting Erik and Lyle Menendez in prison, Kim Kardashian has penned an essay demanding the brothers be freed, after they were convicted of killing their parents in 1996. “We are all products of our experiences. They shape who we were, who we are, and who we will be.

Kim Kardashian is advocating for Erik and Lyle Menendez‘s life sentences for killing their parents to be reconsidered.

Jordan Moreau A new court hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez has been set for November 29, more than 28 years after they were convicted of murdering their parents and two weeks after their story was dramatized in the popular Netflix series “Monsters.” Erik and Lyle were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for murdering their father and mother, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at their Beverly Hills mansion on August 20, 1989. The brothers were originally tried separately, but the juries were deadlocked and resulted in mistrials. When they were tried together, they were convincted and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Ari Graynor didn’t reach out to the real Leslie Abramson while preparing for her role as the legendary defense attorney in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” “I knew that she had made it pretty clear that she never wanted to speak about any of her cases.” Graynor tells Variety. “You’ll notice that in all of the documentaries or programs that have been made, she’s never interviewed. She really took a step back, I think, not only because this case in particular was so painful for her, but she also did not mince words about the media and its effects on things.” Abramson published a memoir, “The Defense Is Ready: Life in the Trenches of Criminal Law,” in 1997.

Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story.The show stars Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch as the Menéndez brothers, who murdered their parents, José and Kitty, with a shotgun at their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.Erik Menéndez recently criticised the series, calling it a “dishonest portrayal”, which Murphy defended and said: “I know he hasn’t watched the show.”Now, Murphy has hit back at the brothers again in a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter.He said: “Ian [Brennan, co-creator] and I set out to do exactly what we wanted to do. And I’ll tell you my thoughts about the Menéndez brothers.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Nicholas Alexander Chavez says his final callback audition to play Lyle Menendez in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” was not like others he had ever been on. “Usually when you go to a callback, there’s four or five other people there to play the part. But it was just Cooper [Koch] and myself,” Chavez says, referencing his co-star who plays Erik Menendez.

The latest Netflix series, Monsters, reimagines the events surrounding the Menendez brothers and their parents' murder, Jose and Kitty.

Cooper Koch plays Erik Menendez in the new Netflix series Monsters and he got to meet the real person just a few days ago.

Ryan Murphy is firing back at criticism for his Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story from the Menéndez brothers’ family.

Murphy told Variety in an interview published Thursday.He added, “…I’m very close, obviously, with Kim Kardashian, who has spoken to them. I love Kim, and I believe she does God’s work. I believe in prison reform.

More members of the Mendendez family are coming out, slamming the new Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erick Menendez Story.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Ryan Murphy is pushing back against members of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s family who have slammed Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” as a “grotesque shockadrama.” “The family’s response is predictable at best,” Murphy tells me, just hours after the family’s statement was released on social media via Erik’s wife Tammi. “I find it interesting because I would like specifics about what they think is shocking or not shocking. It’s not like we’re making any of this stuff up.

Lyle and Erik Menéndez‘s family are questioning who’s the real “monster” following Ryan Murphy‘s recent Netflix portrayal.

defense of his new Netflix series about the Menendez brothers, , has not swayed the brothers’ extended family.A few days after Murphy to Erik Menendez’s —which documents the murder of his parents and subsequent trial—a group of extended family members released a statement in support of the brothers.“We are virtually the entire extended family of Erik and Lyle Menéndez,” Erik’s aunt Joan VanderMolen wrote in a released by Erik’s wife, Tammi Menendez. “We are 24 strong and today we want the world to know we support Erik and Lyle.