“The Menéndez brothers should be sending me flowers,” Murphy said. “They haven’t had so much attention in 30 years. And it’s gotten the attention of not only this country, but all over the world.” Murphy also said that he knew “for a fact” that the show had spurred people to reach out to them to offer help on their case.

Murphy shot down Erik Menéndez's criticism of the Netflix series, claiming the brothers are "playing the victim."

Ryan Murphy called out the Menendez brothers for their ‘reprehensible’ victim mentality after his show ‘Monsters’ was released