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Rita Isbell, who is portrayed in 'Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,' writes in an Insider essay: "It's sad that they're just making money off of this tragedy."

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00:00I'll just try and say I'm sorry.

00:02She gonna open your gift?

00:10A family member of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims

00:13who is portrayed in the new Netflix series

00:15about the serial killer is speaking out.

00:17In the limited series titled

00:18Dahmer Monster, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,

00:21Rita Isbell is seen giving a victim impact statement

00:23during Dahmer's 1992 sentencing

00:25when the killer was given 15 consecutive life sentences.

00:29Dahmer murdered Isbell's brother, Errol Lindsay,

00:31when he was 19 years old.

00:33Now the real Isbell is addressing

00:34how the show recreated the emotional moment,

00:37saying she wasn't contacted by Netflix

00:39and criticizing how the streaming giant

00:41is profiting off the tragic story.

00:43She wrote in an essay for Insider,

00:45when I saw some of the show, it bothered me,

00:47especially when I saw myself,

00:49when I saw my name come across the screen

00:51and this lady saying verbatim exactly what I said.

00:54Isbell said it, quote,

00:55felt like reliving it all over again

00:57and brought back all the emotions

00:58I was feeling back then.

01:00She went on to say,

01:01I feel like Netflix should have asked

01:03if we mind or how we felt about making it.

01:05They didn't ask me anything.

01:07They just did it.

01:07It's sad that they're just making money

01:09off of this tragedy.

01:10That's just greed.

01:11Netflix and Ryan Murphy Productions declined to comment.

01:14Meanwhile, Eric Perry,

01:15who identified himself as a cousin of Lindsay,

01:17wrote on Twitter,

01:18I'm not telling anyone what to watch.

01:20I know true crime media is huge right now.

01:22But if you're actually curious about the victims,

01:25my family, the Isbells, are pissed about this show.

01:28It's re-traumatizing over and over again.

01:30And for what?

01:31How many movies, shows, documentaries do we need?

01:34After his post received replies,

01:36he followed up to say that because the sentencing

01:38is public record, the family was not notified.

01:40While the ethics of retelling true crime stories

01:43without input from victims' families can be debated,

01:45it's true that there is generally no legal obligation

01:48to contact them.

01:49For much more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:52This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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