The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story Already Cops Backlash [Video]

Just a day after its release, fans have flocked to social media to share their reactions to the new Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story. 

Landing on the streaming service on Thursday, the true-crime series is based on the namesake sibling duo, who infamously killed their parents, José and Mary Louise Menendez, back in 1989. 

The Netflix retelling — a follow-up to the nightmare fuel that was 2022’s first Monster instalment, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — was created by Ryan Murphy, and has already attracted controversy in the hours since it dropped. 

As a quick recap in the vein of all those true-crime podcasts you’ve guilty relished in, the case of Lyle and Erik Menedez garnered international attention with a highly publicised trial, in which the brothers argued that the murders were a matter of self defence. 

Both Erik and Lyle shared testimonies in court about the abuse they suffered at the hands …