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Ryan Murphyhas responded to theMenendez familyafter they described his Netflix show as riddled with mistruths and outright falsehoods.
InMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Ryan retells the case of the Menendez brothers.
Our family has been victimized by this grotesque shockdrama,they wroteon X (formerly known as Twitter).
Ryan has since hit back at the Menendez family, saying their reaction was faux outrage.
Im used to being controversial.
Its not new to me.
Their case is suddenly a water cooler conversation.
then I did my job.
I dont know what story they would want to be told.
How do you assassinate the character of two people who killed their own parents?
I find that an interesting choice of words, and I dont agree with it.
Also, I think maybe they dont even think its true.
Ryan clarified that he never intended to create a documentary about the brothers and their criminal behavior.
Im used to being controversial.
They used 12-gauge shotguns and shot their parents a total of 14 times at close range.
Erik and Lyle stood trial twice.
Two years later, they returned to court.
