Kim Kardashian visited the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego on Saturday to talk about prison reform with a large group of inmates, including brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Kardashian was joined by her sister Khloe Kardashian, her mother Kris Jenner, film producer Scott Bodnick, and actor Cooper Koch, who plays Eric in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix biopic “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”
The Menendez brothers, who shot their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez in 1989, were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
On Friday, Eric criticized “Monsters,” saying the second installment of the Netflix anthology series offered a “destructive character portrayal” of him and his brother Lyle.
“It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy could not be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives that he would do this without ill intent,” Menendez wrote in his statement posted on Twitter. His wife Tammy Menendez’s X account (formerly Twitter).
Kardashian recently worked with Murphy on another version of “American Horror Story.” The actress and reality TV star also regularly visits prisons to learn and speak about rehabilitation and prison reform programs, which she has shared on Kardashian’s TV shows and discussed in diverse’Justice Reform Summit.
Earlier this year, Kardashian sat down with “Monsters” star Chloe Sevigny, who plays Kitty Menendez in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” Varieties The cast chats together about the Menendez family ahead of the season’s release.
Sevigny revealed the challenges she faced in portraying the matriarch of the Menendez family, saying: “We’re playing interpretations of her, so I’m not necessarily playing her truth, which I found very difficult.”
“I grew up near the house where all of this happened, and everyone went to the same schools,” Kardashian said. “I remember hearing about this case. But my dad drove me home and told me the story. He was home. Since the boys are still alive, would you be open to it if they tried to reach out to you?”
“I think it’s risky, and I think the legal aspects are really serious as well,” Sevigny said. “I’ve done a lot of real crimes, and honestly, I find it a little bit mentally draining just thinking about those responsibilities to the victims, and even the killers and their family members.”
TMZ was the first to report Kardashian’s visit.
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