Robert Rand, the author of the definitive book on the crimes committed by the Menendez brothers tells The Hollywood Reporter the Netflix series depicts a fantasy version of their relationship.

Erik and Lyle Menendez are getting their own non-"Monsters" platform on Netflix. Continuing a recent trend for true-crime series, Netflix will soon debut a documentary on the Menendez brothers to accompany their fictionalized Ryan Murphy series "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,

In Ryan Murphy’s scripted Netflix show Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which follows the brothers before and after the murders, the killings are depicted as occurring five days after Kitty ripped off Lyle’s toupee during a family fight at the dinner table over Lyle’s plan to marry his girlfriend.