Erik menendez gay in jail

The pair were eventually tried for the murders, first individually, with one jury for each brother. Were the Menendez brothers gay? But the show hasn't gone down as well with critics. They said they feared their father would kill them after they threatened to expose him.

However, both juries were deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial, and the pair were later tried again together. In a two-star review, the Guardian's Jesse Hassenger described it as exhausting and repetitive" while IndieWire's Ben Travers said it was a "messy, salacious slog".

The brothers claimed they committed the murders in self defence after years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse. It follows the events surrounding the murders, including the brothers' claims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The brothers, who were 21 and 18 at the time, initially told police they found their parents dead when they arrived home.

Murphy also later responded to criticism from the brothers' family about the series, telling Variety their comments were "predictable at best". Erik and Lyle Menendez, now aged 53 and 56 respectively, are currently in prison in San Diego, California.

He acknowledged: "It's really hard, if it's your life, to see your life up on screen. There was a similar sentiment from the Telegraph's Ed Power, who said: "Under the withering gaze of the Netflix algorithm, no subject is too sensitive to be off-limits or turned into eyeball fodder.

Therefore, it just dissolves into a retelling of unspeakable abuses and gruesome crimes. THE GAY QUESTION Prosecutors tried to turn Erik’s sexual identity into one of the lingering mysteries of Menendez I. In a closed hearing the last week of the trial, deputy D.A. Lester Kuriyama hoped to prove Erik was gay.

During their second, joint trial, the judge excluded evidences of abuse from their defence case. Kuriyama also sought testimony. The family's statement also said: "The character assassination of Erik and Lyle, who are our nephews and cousins, under the guise of a 'story telling narrative', is repulsive.

We had an obligation as storytellers to also try and put in their perspective based on our research, which we did. He asked permission to bring in a county jail inmate who would testify that he’d performed oral sex on Erik in the jail’s shower room. A jury found them guilty and the pair were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in They were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent. The Netflix drama presents the murders from different perspectives as it explores what might have led the siblings to kill their parents.

Murphy said their response was "interesting because I would like specifics about what they think is shocking or not shocking. In its first weekend of release, the series is reported to have had Lyle and Erik Menendez are two brothers who killed their parents on 20 August Jose and Kitty Menendez were shot multiple times at close range at their mansion in Beverly Hills.

Erik Menendez's jury was read back testimony Friday about his "confused" sexual orientation, an issue that emerged late in the Menendez brothers' murder trial as prosecutors suggested that it. But, Murphy added, he and his team felt it was important to also show things from the parents' point of view.

They added: "We love them and to this very day we are close to them. It was never proven in court, and Erik himself has consistently refuted it. But the show also makes efforts to show things from the parents' point of view, something its creators have said was based on extensive research.

Monsters was released on Thursday, 19 September, and quickly climbed to the top of Netflix's streaming chart - as is often the case with shows in the hugely popular true crime genre. The series is a follow-up to the controversial first Monsters series about US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, which was criticised in some quarters for being insensitive.

A new Netflix drama about two brothers who killed their parents has been criticised by one of the real-life men it is based on. The claim that Erik was gay only emerged due to the prosecutor’s approach during the closing arguments of the first trial. Variety's Aramide Tinubu added: "Despite the gripping subject matter and the outstanding performances, [the show] has no idea what it wants to be.

A teaser trailer for Netflix's series about Erik and Lyle Menendez shows them hugging in a very intimate way. In a statement released on X by his wife, Erik Menendez criticised the production the day after it was released, labelling the show "disheartening slander".

But the prosecution argued they wanted to kill their parents in order to inherit their money.