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Leslie Abramson, who represented Erik Menendez and is portrayed successful Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, shared whether she’s watched the deed Netflix drama.
By Will Reid Oct 09, 2024 11:28 PMTags
Kim Kardashian Advocates for Lyle and Erik Menendez to Be Released From Prison
Erik Menendez’s longtime lawyer is speaking retired amid the occurrence of Ryan Murphy’s caller Netflix drama.
While Leslie Abramson—who represented Erik successful the 1990s erstwhile helium and his brother, Lyle Menendez, were tried for the 1989 execution of their parents—is depicted arsenic 1 of the brothers’ astir staunch defenders successful Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the retired defence lawyer revealed she had nary tendency to ticker the series.
“That portion of s--t I heard about? No,” she said successful a video published by Entertainment Tonight Oct. 9. “I don’t ticker immoderate of those.”
“I volition marque nary comments astir my client,” she added. “None whatsoever.”
The 81-year-old—who is played by Ari Graynor successful the anthology series—said she besides opted not to ticker the erstwhile dramatization of the case, 2017’s Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, successful which she’s portrayed by Edie Falco. (The histrion aboriginal received an Emmy information for Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Limited Series oregon Movie for the role.)
Leslie did, however, springiness a written connection astir the brothers—who are some serving beingness sentences without parole—in the caller documentary The Menendez Brothers, besides streaming connected Netflix.
“30 years is simply a agelong time,” she said successful an email shown successful the doc. “I’d similar to permission the past successful the past. No magnitude of media, nor teenage petitions volition change the destiny of these clients. Only the tribunal tin bash that and they person ruled.”
The merchandise of Monsters helped substance renewed involvement successful the brothers’ case, arsenic societal media users person called for their convictions to beryllium overturned. Most recently, they’ve zeroed successful connected the emergence of potential caller evidence which could enactment the brothers’ allegation of carnal and intersexual maltreatment by their father, José Menendez.
Kim Kardashian, who visited the Menendezes astatine their San Diego situation successful September, wrote successful an effort published by NBC News that the brothers merit a caller trial.
“I person spent clip with Lyle and Erik; they are not monsters,” the Kardashians prima said successful the op-ed. “They are kind, intelligent, and honorable men.”
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“I don’t judge that spending their full earthy lives incarcerated was the close punishment for this analyzable case,” she added. “Had this transgression been committed and trialed today, I judge the result would person been dramatically different.”
Cooper Koch, who played the relation of Erik successful Monsters and accompanied Kim connected her visit, besides spoke retired successful enactment of the brothers.
“They committed the transgression erstwhile they were 18 and 21 years old,” helium told Variety past month, “and astatine the time, it was truly hard for radical to judge that male-on-male intersexual maltreatment could occur, particularly with begetter and son.”
He continued, “I truly bash anticipation that they are capable to get paroled and person an astonishing remainder of their lives.”
E! News has reached retired to lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez for remark but hasn’t heard back.
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