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Erik Menendez's lawyer Leslie Abramson breaks silence on Netflix's Monsters series with brutal response

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Updated 14:38 10 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published 14:28 10 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Erik Menendez's lawyer Leslie Abramson breaks silence on Netflix's Monsters series with brutal response

Criminal defence lawyer Leslie Abramson has been largely silent since the Menendez brothers' sentencing in 1996

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

Erik Menendez’s attorney has spoken out after Ryan Murphy released his Monsters Netflix drama, and it's safe to say she made her thoughts crystal clear.

Leslie Abramson, who represented Erik throughout his trial and verdict in the 90s, has uttered a very short response to new shows and documentaries regarding her client.

Abramson only represented the younger brother and not Lyle Menendez in the first trial, which ended with a hung jury.

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Then, the pair were re-tried in 1996 and sentenced to life without parole for the 1989 murder of their parents, Kitty and Jose.

The case is loosely depicted in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which saw the now-retired defence attorney staunchly supportive of the brothers.

Their defence focused on alleged child abuse they both suffered at the hands of their father, Jose, for which an astounding number of witnesses testified their accounts to the jurors in the first trial.

Erik and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents in 1989 (Photo by Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)
Erik and Lyle Menendez murdered their parents in 1989 (Photo by Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)

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Abramson was notoriously outspoken about the case and crushed by the final verdict, but has been incredibly private since.

However, the 81-year-old was tracked down and questioned about her thoughts on the latest show about the pair.

In the video published by Entertainment Tonight on 9 October, Abramson can be seen walking to her car as she’s asked what she thinks about it.

That’s when she bluntly responded: “That piece of sh*t I heard about? No.”

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She then added: “I don’t watch any of those.”

Abramson was also firm that she would not be talking about the case or Erik when she said: “I will make no comments about my client.

“None whatsoever.”

Leslie Abramson defended Erik throughout his trial (Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty Images)
Leslie Abramson defended Erik throughout his trial (Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty Images)

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She went on to share that her client confidentiality agreement lasts a lifetime, and she would not be entertaining questions from the press.

But this isn’t the only show she’s refused to watch, as she also admitted that she didn’t watch the 2017’s Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders specia.

However, she did write a statement about the brothers for the new documentary, The Menendez Brothers on Netflix.

The pair were depicted in Murphy's Netflix show (Netflix)
The pair were depicted in Murphy's Netflix show (Netflix)

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The retired attorney refused to appear on the doc, but did state: “30 years is a long time. I’d like to leave the past in the past. No amount of media, nor teenage petitions will alter the fate of these clients. Only the court can do that and they have ruled.”

The forlorn message was shocking to a lot of fans who have combed through the court footage and saw just how passionate she was about the brothers and their release.

Featured Image Credit: Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty Images/Netflix

Topics: True Crime, Menendez Brothers, Documentaries, Netflix

Britt Jones
Britt Jones

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