Ryan Murphy said he 'wouldn't go so far as to say' Erik and Lyle Menendez 'should be freed' from prison after dramatizing their murder case for 'Monsters'

None of this stops Monsters, the new Ryan Murphy-helmed Netflix drama about the brothers — who were convicted of murdering their powerful Hollywood parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in 1989 — from suggesting that they did.

The co-creator and co-showrunner spoke to the Times about the outcry over the show, its depiction of the Menendez brothers and how it portrays sexual abuse. We also explain what's rooted in fact.

The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez, the incarcerated brothers at the center of the Netflix true-crime series, accuse 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' of being a "grotesque shockadrama.

Ryan Murphy’s Netflix true crime series — is drawing intense criticism. “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” tells a fictionalized version of the lives of Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers who were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents,

Ryan Murphy remains unbothered by the backlash to the newest season of Monsters — and has no plans to meet Erik Menéndez and Lyle Menéndez after they slammed his dramatization of their infamous murder case.

On Wednesday, Erik’s wife Tammi Menéndez shared a letter written by his aunt Joan VanderMolen on behalf of 24 extended family members, showing their support for the brothers and criticizing Murphy’s “repulsive” depiction of their 1989 murder of parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story.

"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" creator Ryan Murphy has reacted to the Menendez family's latest statement

The Menendez family have criticized Netflix's "Monsters," saying the show twists the story of the brothers who killed their parents.