Menendez Brothers Speak Out in Netflix Docuseries Trailer

30 years after being convicted of murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in a new Netflix docuseries.

“The Menendez Brothers,” premiering October 7, will offer a new insight and perspective on one of the most notorious criminal cases of the late 20th century, featuring extensive audio interviews with the couple, as well as attorneys involved in the trial, journalists who covered it, jurors, family and other informed observers.

“What happened that night is well known, but there’s a lot that hasn’t been told,” Erik says in a trailer released Monday. “We seemed like a perfect family. But behind the walls, something very strange was happening.”

The project, which hails from Campfire Studios, is directed by Alejandro Hartmann (“Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?” “The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar”) and produced by Ross Girard and Mark McCune. Diane Sloane, Gina Scarlata, Cecilia Salguero, Will Mavronicolas and JP Quicquaro are co-executive producers, while Ross M. Dinerstein and Rebecca Evans are producers.

The docuseries trailer comes after Erik recently denounced Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

The series, which premiered Thursday, portrays the Menendez brothers as both spoiled, rich kids who went on a spending spree after their parents were brutally murdered and — as we learn later in the series — as sympathetic victims who endured years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father and mother. The series also speculates about Erik’s sexuality and the nature of the brothers’ relationship.

“I thought we had moved past the lies and disastrous portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in the horrific and blatant lies that run rampant throughout the show,” Tammi Menendez’s statement began. “I can only believe they were done on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say that I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives to do this without ill intent.”