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After playing Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy‘S. Monsters – and advocate for Erik and Lyle MenendezRelease Prison- Cooper Koch He revealed why he would not be present at their upcoming parole hearing.
Koch, 29, appeared on a chapter on Monday, August 4, of Late night with Seth Meyers where Erik, 54, confirmed and Lyle’s hearing set for August 21 and 22. The actor will not, however, be there after ordering a role side by side Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield in artificial, which is Luca GuadagninoA new AI theme film.
“I’d be if I were in Italy doing the film,” he noted. “I’ll get live updates.”
Kw have publicly supported Erik and Lyle.Nicholas chavez) and Erik, found guilty of murdering their parents in 1989. The show presented different views of what led the siblings to kill their parents, José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty (Cloë sevigny), including their allegations that he is in defense of himself following years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
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Erik released a statement slamming Netflix series – one day after it was shown on the platform.
“I thought we had moved beyond Lyle’s dilapidated character and character portraits, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in a horrific and unhurried affection -in the show at the show,” he read a statement by Erik shared on Lyle’s Facebook page. “I can only believe that they were made purposefully. With a heavy heart I say, I think Ryan Murphy can’t be naive and wrong about the facts of our lives to do this without bad intention.”
In his response, Erik Specifically called out There are bans at the show, saying, “It is sad for me to know that the dishonest portrait of Netflix of the tragedies relating to our crime has taken the painful truths several steps ago – back through time to life when the narrative prosecution built on a belief system that males were not sexually abused or raped that differently rape.”
He continued: “Discountless victims have disturbed and open to those terrible lies over the past two decades who have broken through their personal shame and spoke bravely. So now Murphy shapes his horrific narrative through unrivaled portraits of a vicious -in -law and appalling character of Llyle and of Llyle and of Llyle and of Llyle.
Erik (and Lyle) Have changed their tune since About how the series highlighted their case and paved the way for their second hold. During a hearing in May, the brothers were re -appointed to 50 years live, which is now eligible for parole under the law of California youth offenders since committing their crime under 26 years of age. The State Parole Board must decide whether to release them from prison.
“I’m so grateful that happened,” Koch told Diversity in May. “And so also Erik (Menendez), I spoke to him yesterday and it’s so exciting.”
Koch said “the most inspirational thing” he heard from Erik related to his plans After possibly releasing following a decision by the Parole Board
“He’s going to be an advocate for other people with a lwop, which is life without parole,” Koch explained about Erik’s plans to make “a lot of change” in the prison system. “His life is going to surround making a change in the prison system, and I think that’s so beautiful.”
According to Koch, Erik has hope that if he and Lyle are released, in “10 years, people look back and they say, ‘We really made the right decision. Thank God we leave them out.”
