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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