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Ryan Murphy is addressing the recent news surrounding the Menendez Brothers' case. Murphy released the series 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' on Netflix just two weeks ago. Then, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced that the brothers' case was under review for possible resentencing, a result of the accusations of abuse levied by the Menendez brothers against their late parents. These accusations were ignored in the trial leading to their convictions but bolstered by its depiction in Murphy's Netflix drama.
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00:00Ryan Murphy is addressing the recent news surrounding the Menendez Brothers case.
00:05Murphy released the series Monsters, the Lyle and Eric Menendez story on Netflix just two weeks ago.
00:11Then on Thursday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced that the case was under review
00:16for possible resentencing, a result of the accusations of abuse levied by the Menendez
00:21Brothers against their late parents. These accusations were ignored in the trial leading
00:25to their convictions but bolstered by its depiction in Murphy's Netflix drama.
00:29Plus, criminal justice reform advocate Kim Kardashian wrote an essay calling for the
00:33Menendez Brothers' release after visiting the California prison where they are currently
00:37serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. In response to the news of the case
00:42being re-examined, Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter,
00:45I'd heard about the amount of people who've watched the show and have been bombarding the
00:49governor's office and the DA's office. The show has shined a white-hot spotlight on this case.
00:54A lot of people have been outraged about it. The Menendez family has condemned the series,
00:58calling it, quote, a grotesque shock drama. When asked if he thinks the family watched the
01:03entire show, Murphy said,
01:05No, no, no. I don't think you would release a statement like that after you watched episode 5.
01:10Episode 5 is basically a multi-million dollar infomercial for the case to be re-examined,
01:15which is now happening. He continued,
01:16I never understood it. As I've said, this show is the best thing that's happened to those brothers
01:21in 30 years because it just put a spotlight on their case. You can say it wasn't the true story,
01:27and I think a lot of it was the true story, but we'll never know the true story.
01:31For Murphy's full interview with The Hollywood Reporter, go to THR.com.
01:35This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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