Monsters Real Story : After the massive success of Dahmer, Ryan Murphy, and Ian Brennan have brought yet another riveting crime-thriller series named Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. While Monster Season 1 was based on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's story, Monsters is based on Lyle and Erik Menendez's story. Talking about MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story's characters guide, it features Javier Bardem as José Menendez, Chloee Sevigny as Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez, Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez, Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne
Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson, Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth, Dallas Roberts as Dr. Jerome Oziel, Jason Butler Harner as Les Zoeller, Enrique Murciano as Carlos Baralt and more in the leading roles.
Netflix's MONSTERS is a true story inspired by Lyle and Erik Menendez's horrific story when they killed their father and mother by shooting them point blank allegedly to inherit their fortune. Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop News assumes that you have already watched the series or are planning to watch it on Netflix and hence you are eager to know about Netflix's Monsters Real Story and all about Lyle and Erik Menendez's real-life mother and father. Below is all about Lyle and Erik Menendez's real father and mother- Jose & Kitty Menendez-
Who were Jose & Kitty Menendez?
As per reports, Lyle and Erik Menendez were the sons of Jose, an entertainment executive, and Kitty Menendez, a former teacher. Lyle and Erik shot dead their parents on point blank at Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989. The brothers called 911 themselves after committing the crime saying they came home from a night out and found their parents' dead bodies. Initially, the authorities looked into the mob as potential suspects.
However, the notes from the brothers' therapist, a shotgun casing and a screenplay pointed to Lyle and Erik, whom prosecutors claimed were privileged, spoiled, and eager to cash in on their father's $14 million fortune. Lyle and Erik had three separate trials, during which they alleged that Jose (their father) was physically, emotionally, and sexually abusive and that Kitty was addicted to drugs and alcohol, physically abusive, and an enabler of Jose.
Monsters Real Story: All about real Jose Menendez
Jose Menendez was the father of Lyle and Erik. Born in Cuba to a businessman & athlete family, Jose was 16 when his parents sent him to the U.S. in the late 1950s. He lived with a cousin in Pennsylvania before winning an athletic scholarship to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. That’s where he met Mary Louise, who was known as Kitty.
Jose Menendez married Kitty in 1963 and moved to New York. Jose Menendez has his own struggles. While completing his degree in accounting at Queens College, Jose washed dishes at the Manhattan restaurant 21. He worked his way up the ladder at a number of businesses. After Joseph Lyle Menendez was born in 1968, the family moved to New Jersey, where Erik was born in 1970.
Jose was 35 when he became executive vice president at Hertz, a subsidiary of Radio Corporation of America, more commonly known as RCA. In 1980, he became head of the company’s record division, RCA-Ariola. Jose Menendez was earning $500,000 a year. He signed famous groups like the Eurythmics, Duran Duran and Menudo. He was in charge of building up the label’s Latin music line.
Jose left RCA in 1986. He landed at the independent film company Carolco Pictures, which produced the “Rambo” big-screen franchise. He moved his family to California, eventually settling into a Beverly Hills mansion once owned by Elton John and Prince. As per US media reports, Jose Menendez started to make millions a year.