“I empathize with him”: Cooper Koch responds to Erik Menendez’s criticism of Monsters
Cooper Koch has responded to Erik Menendez’s statement slamming Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. On 19 September, the second season of the true crime anthology series debuted on Netflix.
A day after its release, the real-life Lyle shared a statement from Erik on his Facebook page, which denounced the series for its “blatant lies.” “I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies rampant in the show,” he wrote. “I can only believe they were done so on purpose.
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.” Towards the end of his statement, Erik said he was saddened by Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding their crime, adding that it has taken the “painful truths several steps backwards.” In addition to Erik, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story has also received pushback from social media viewers, who slammed the series for its portrayal of the controversial brothers.
In a recent interview with Variety, Koch, who plays the youngest Menendez brother in the series, shared his thoughts on Erik’s statement, revealing that it “definitely” affected him. “It made me feel things.
