After the breakout success of “Dahmer,” Ryan Murphy returns to Netflix Sept. 19 with “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” the second installment in his true crime anthology collection.
After murdering each their dad and mom in 1989, the Menendez Brothers turned family names within the early ’90s when their legal trial was broadcast nationwide. Erik Menendez’s authorized council, led by legal professional Leslie Abramson, cited self-defense towards the brothers’ abusive father, José Menendez, and their complacent mom, Kitty Menendez, as justification for the killings. Pam Bozanich, one of many prosecutors, argued the motive was monetary achieve, supported by the Menendez Brothers’ exuberant spending of their household’s fortune following the murders.
The primary trial resulted in a hung jury. The Menendez Brothers’ case was retired till 1995 once they had been referred to as in for retrial. The second trial was much less publicized as a result of cameras had been banned from the courtroom. After the proceedings, Lyle and Erik Menendez had been discovered responsible on two counts of first-degree homicide and conspiracy to homicide. They had been sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole on July 2, 1996.
See beneath to search out out who will probably be enjoying Lyle Menendez, Erik Menendez, Kitty Menendez, José Menendez and the remainder of the gamers surrounding the notorious courtroom case.
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José Menendez
Picture Credit score: Getty/ABC YouTube Javier Bardem will play José Menendez, an exuberantly rich businessman and the abusive father of Lyle and Erik Menendez. José Menendez and his spouse, Kitty Menendez, had been murdered by their sons on Aug. 20, 1989.
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Mary Louise ‘Kitty’ Menendez
Picture Credit score: Getty/ABC YouTube Chloë Sevigny will play Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, the mom of Lyle and Erik Menendez. The Menendez Brothers’ protection argued that Kitty Menendez was an alcoholic drug addict who was complacent to her husband’s bodily abuse. Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered her on Aug. 20, 1989.
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Lyle Menendez
Picture Credit score: Getty Nicholas Chavez (“Common Hospital”) will play Lyle Menendez, the older brother of Erik Menendez. The pair turned family names after 1000’s of People watched their homicide trial through the early ’90s. On July 2, 1996, he and his brother had been sentenced to life in jail for the homicide of their dad and mom.
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Erik Menendez
Picture Credit score: Getty Cooper Koch (“Swallowed, “They/Them”) will play Erik Menendez, the youthful brother of Lyle Menendez. Earlier than his crimes, Erik Menendez was a tennis prodigy, at one level rating forty fourth in the USA. On July 2, 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez had been sentenced to life in jail for the homicide of their dad and mom.
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Dominick Dunne
Picture Credit score: Getty Nathan Lane will play Dominick Dunne, a Self-importance Truthful journalist who extensively coated the Menendez Brothers’ homicide trial.
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Leslie Abramson
Picture Credit score: Roy Rochlin/Getty Pictures for Netflix | Lucy Nicholson-Pool/Getty Pictures Ari Graynor (“Successful Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”) will play Leslie Abramson, a Los Angeles protection legal professional and the lead counsel for Erik Menendez. She argued that the Menendez Brothers’ crimes had been justified because of the abuse of their dad and mom.
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Dr. Jerome Oziel
Picture Credit score: Roy Rochlin/Getty Pictures for Netflix | Court docket TV Dallas Roberts (“Glass Onion”) will play Dr. Jerome Oziel, the therapist and private confidant of Erik Menendez.
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Judalon Smyth
Picture Credit score: Arturo Holmes/Getty Pictures | Court docket TV Leslie Grossman (“American Horror Story”) will play Judalon Smyth, a former lover and affected person of Erik Menendez’s therapist Dr. Jerome Oziel. After Oziel confided in Smyth that Menendez confessed to the homicide of his dad and mom, she reported it to the police, resulting in Menendez’s arrest.
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Les Zoeller
Picture Credit score: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic | Court docket TV Jason Butler Harner (“Ozark”) will play Les Zoeller, the Beverly Hills detective in control of the Menendez Brothers’ homicide investigation.
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Carlos Baralt
Picture Credit score: Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures | Court docket TV Enrique Murciano (“The Evening Agent”) will play Carlos Baralt, Lyle and Erik Menendez’s uncle and the brother-in-law to José Menendez.