But regardless of Cooper’s help, Erik will not be precisely in help of Cooper’s portrayal of him, nor of Nicholas Alexander Chavez taking part in Lyle in Ryan Murphy’s model of occasions. 

“It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime have taken painful truths several steps backward,” Erik stated in a press release shared by his spouse Tammie Menendez to X, previously Twitter, including of Ryan. “How demoralizing to know that one man with power can undermine decades of progress in shedding light on childhood trauma.”

The American Horror Story co-creator, nevertheless, doesn’t really feel Erik’s detrimental emotions towards the Netflix present are warranted. 

“The Menendez brothers should be sending me flowers,” Ryan advised The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. “They have not had a lot consideration in 30 years. And it is gotten the eye of not solely this nation, however everywhere in the world. There’s an outpouring of curiosity in their lives and the case. I do know for a indisputable fact that many individuals have supplied to assist them due to the curiosity of my present and what we did.”