Supporters of the Menendez brothers are now a major step closer to their goal of seeing Lyle and Erik Menendez released from prison. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday that he is recommending the brothers be re-sentenced for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents. The news …
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Saturday Night Live referenced the current cultural fascination with the Menendez brothers in a cut-for-time skit intended to air during Weekend Update. In the sketch, Marcello Hernandez and Michael Longfellow play two guys dress for Halloween as doctors in scrubs who keep being mistaken for Erik and Lyle Menendez. “We …
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Ryan Murphy said he and the creative team behind Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story have considered shooting new bonus episodes if the brothers are able to secure release from prison. “It’s been discussed, I’ll tell you that much,” Murphy said in a new interview with Variety. “Everyone has …
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Family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez gathered outside a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to call for the brothers’ release from prison. The relatives, more than 20, gathered amid ongoing concerns that key evidence was excluded or not yet available when the brothers were convicted and sentenced to …
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On Aug. 20, 1989, 19-year-old Lyle Menendez made a frantic call to Beverly Hills police. “Somebody shot my parents,” he screamed into the receiver. When police responded to the residence, they found a grisly scene: entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Mary Louise “Kitty” shot dead by multiple shotgun …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The shocking true story of the Menendez brothers is back in the spotlight thanks to the new Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The Ryan …
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Ryan Murphy believes Netflix‘sMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story may have played a role in reaching a “move towards justice” in the brothers’ case. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the series director reacted to Thursday’s announcement that the case was being reevaluated. “When we were making it, Nicholas [Chavez] …
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Over 30 years after being sentenced for murdering their parents, new evidence in Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case will be reevaluated, Los Angeles District Attorney Javier Gascon announced in a press conference on Thursday. According to the Los Angeles Times, Gascon said his office would be reviewing newly surfaced evidence …
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The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez issued a statement Thursday slamming Netflix’s Monsters series about the brothers, as well as the show’s creator Ryan Murphy, claiming the miniseries is filled with “mistruths and outright falsehoods,” and that family members were never even contacted by the production. The statement, penned …
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Ryan Murphy brushed off Erik Menendez’s criticism of his latest true crime series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, saying of Menendez: “I know he hasn’t watched the show.” Murphy made the comments during a red carpet interview with E! News ahead of the premiere of his new horror …
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