During the trial, Erik, past 22, and Lyle, past 25, accused their parents of years of physical, intersexual and affectional abuse, alleging the killings were done successful self-defense. Prosecutor Pamela Bozanich, meanwhile, argued the murders were owed to the brothers’ greed—which she maintains successful the Netflix documentary. After the archetypal proceedings ended successful a mistrial, a 2nd proceedings resulted successful some brothers being recovered blameworthy and sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole successful 1996.

The documentary, retired Oct. 7, besides reflects connected however societal media examines existent crime, including connected TikTok and Instagram, and however it has caused a displacement successful however radical presumption the case. “Two kids don’t perpetrate this transgression for money,” Erik said, “and there’s radical that judge I shouldn’t walk the remainder of my beingness successful prison.”

The trailer for the documentary comes days aft Erik’s woman Tammi Menendez shared her husband’s absorption to the anthology series—also streaming connected Netflix—in a station connected X (formerly Twitter) Sept. 19, calling the bid a “dishonest portrayal” of the crime.

"I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous quality portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted successful horrible and blatant lies rampant successful the show," Erik wrote successful the post. "I tin lone judge they were done truthful connected purpose. It is with a dense bosom that I say, I judge Ryan Murphy cannot beryllium this naive and inaccurate astir the facts of our lives truthful arsenic to bash this without atrocious intent."

The Menendez Brothers hits Netflix Oct. 7.