Ryan Murphy has defended his latest Netflix true crime drama 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez story.' Here's a timeline of the controversy.

<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Lyle Menendez in court and Ryan Murphy at the "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" premiere.Ted Soqui/Sygma/Getty Images/Steve Granitz/Film Magic/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" tells the story of two brothers who killed their parents in the '80s.</li><li>The show was met with backlash because it insinuates the brothers had an incestuous relationship.</li></ul><p>"<a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-the-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-gets-wrong-2024-9">Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story</a>" has caused controversy since it was released on September 19 and reignited interest in the case of two brothers who murdered their parents in 1989.</p><p>Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted in 1996 for killing José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez. They claimed that they turned on their parents because their father sexually abused them.</p><p>The show is creator <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dahmer-ryan-murphy-victims-families-didnt-respond-2022-10">Ryan Murphy</a>'s follow-up to "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," which also stirred controversy over its depiction of the serial killer's victims and their family members.</p><p>Here's a timeline of the drama surrounding "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."</p>