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Menendez Brothers To Break Silence In New Netflix Documentary After Criticizing ‘Monsters’

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Erik and Lyle Menendez will soon explain, in their own words, why they murdered their parents in 1989. The documentary comes after Erik slammed "Monsters" for being inaccurate.

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  1. Netflix’s Menendez Brothers Series ‘Monsters’ Has Powerful Performances That Can’t Stop the Story From Falling Off a Cliff: TV Review

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    Menendez Brothers To Break Silence In New Netflix Documentary After Criticizing ‘Monsters’

    Headline from Forbes ·

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  1. Variety

    Netflix’s Menendez Brothers Series ‘Monsters’ Has Powerful Performances That Can’t Stop the Story From Falling Off a Cliff: TV Review (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ is a disturbing retelling of horrendous crimes that never manages to expand the story.

  2. Insider

    'Monsters' season two tells the story of the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents. Here's where Lyle and Erik are now. (opens Insider)

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    Lyle and Erik Menendez were given life sentences in 1996 for killing their parents. Here's what happened to them, as Ryan Murphy's adaptation of their story lands on Netflix.

  3. Foxla

    Menendez Brothers: Testimony of Lyle and Erik Menendez, and the trial marred by wealth and abuse (opens Foxla)

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    As a new Netflix series is released, FOX 11 revisits the case that riveted the nation and pulled back the curtains on a wealthy family's inner turmoil, Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents, José and Mary (Kitty) Menendez in 1996.

  4. New York Post

    Netflix fans outraged over ‘sick’ incest innuendo in new Menendez brothers series by Ryan Murphy (opens New York Post)

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    “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” portrays the events that led up to the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the hands of their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez.

  5. Rolling Stone

    Menéndez Brothers Speak Out About Infamous Murders, Reveal Family Secrets in Doc Trailer (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Lyle and Erik Menéndez speak on the murder trial that landed them in prison in the trailer for the new Netflix documentary 'The Menéndez Brothers.'

  6. Forbes

    Menendez Brothers To Break Silence In New Netflix Documentary After Criticizing ‘Monsters’ (opens Forbes)

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    Erik and Lyle Menendez will soon explain, in their own words, why they murdered their parents in 1989. The documentary comes after Erik slammed "Monsters" for being inaccurate.

  7. Variety

    Menendez Brothers Speak Out in New Interviews From Prison in Netflix Documentary: ‘Everyone Asks Why We Killed Our Parents’ (opens Variety)

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    Erik and Lyle Menendez speak out for the first time in decades in new audio interviews recorded for Netflix's "The Menendez Brothers" documentary.

  8. People

    'Optimistic' Menendez Brothers Speak Out in Netflix Documentary: 'Everyone Asks Why We Killed Our Parents' (opens People)

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    Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of the first-degree murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

  9. The Hollywood Reporter

    Menendez Brothers Participating in Netflix Doc After Slamming ‘Monsters’ (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    Lyle and Erik Menendez give new, extensive audio interviews for a Netflix documentary, titled The Menendez Brothers, releasing Oct. 7.

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