The Golden Globes 2025 was a big night for Monster – despite winning no awards – after helping to renew interest in Eric And Lyle MenendezMurder case.

Monster was nominated for Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series on Sunday, January 5 Cooper Koch‘s performance as Erik and Best Male Supporting Actor – Television for Javier Bardem‘s performance as Jose Menendez. Bardem lost his category Tadanobu Asano out of Shogun, Koch lost to Colin Farrell for The penguin And Baby reindeer convinced Monster.

Season 2 of the hit Netflix series premiered in September and was about Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik’s (Koch) arrest in 1990 for the murder of her parents José (Bardem) and Kitty (Chloe Sevigny). Be inspired by the recordings of the process and the subsequent interviews Monster reflected key moments from the siblings’ lives before and after they were sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting their mother and father.

“I got the audition and watched the audition videos for the first time,” said the 28-year-old chef GQ Australia in December 2024 about his dedication to the role. “I was so touched and believed them immediately. That’s when I discovered all the similarities and became quite obsessed with the case and its story.”

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Koch recalled that he had already auditioned for the role of Erik in two other high-profile projects Monsteradded: “I kept recording, auditioning and auditioning for seven years. Then you finally get what’s supposed to happen.”

Episodes 4 and 5 received critical and fan praise for the way they approached Erik and Lyle’s claims that they killed their parents in self-defense after years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse. However, the show received backlash for other inaccuracies about the Menéndez brothers, including the insinuation that they were in a sexual relationship.

“I believed that we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle and created a caricature of Lyle that was based on terrible and blatant lies that were rife in the series,” said a statement from the now 53-year-old. year-old Erik, which was shared via Lyle’s Facebook page in September. “I can only believe they did this on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say: I believe that Ryan Murphy cannot be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives as to do this without malicious intent.”

Erik wasn’t happy with how he and Lyle, now 56, were portrayed.

“It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime has set the painful truths back several steps – back to a time when the prosecution built a narrative on the belief that men are not sexual were abused. and that men experienced rape trauma differently than women,” Erik continued in his statement. “These terrible lies have been refuted and exposed over the past two decades by countless courageous victims who have broken through their personal shame and courageously spoken out. Now Murphy crafts his horrific narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and me, as well as disheartening slanders. Isn’t the truth enough?”

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While creator Ryan Murphy has stuck to the vision of the scripted series, Koch has shown his support for Erik.

“I am very confident that we can right this injustice and heal such a long, devastating trauma,” Koch told GQ last month. “If I had anything to do with it, I would be so happy. But there are a lot of people working behind the scenes who really help.”

Erik and Lyle are currently awaiting their next court date after the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office recommended resentencing due to renewed public interest Monster and Netflix documentary The Menéndez brothers.