Convicted murderer Erik Menendez may have had harsh condemnation of Ryan Murphy’s controversial Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, over its multifaceted portrayal of his and brother Lyle Menendez’s murder of their parents in 1989 and the criminal trials that followed. But the California inmate, who is behind bars for life, had high praise for the actor who portrays him when the two met face-to-face during a prison visit last week brokered by Kim Kardashian.
Cooper Koch, the breakout star of the hit series, told The Hollywood Reporter that when he arrived at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility on a visit to discuss prison reform and the Menendez brothers’ massive mural project at the San Diego County complex, he and the man he portrays — with newfound sympathy in a lauded performance — clocked each other almost immediately.
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