Kim Kardashian meets Menendez brothers along with other inmates in San Diego correctional facility

Kim Kardashian recently visited the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego to meet with a group of around 40 inmates, including notorious criminals Erik and Lyle Menéndez. The reality star and criminal justice reform advocate was accompanied by her sister Khloé Kardashian, mother Kris Jenner, film producer Scott Budnick and actor Cooper Koch, who portrays Erik in Netflix's new series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

The purpose of the visit was to discuss ongoing prison reform efforts. Greenspace, a project focused on improving prison environments by beautifying prison yards to aid in the rehabilitation of inmates, was a major topic of discussion during the visit. The project is led by Lyle Menéndez with his brother Erik also plays a significant role.

While Kim's visit aimed to shed light on reform, it came shortly after Erik criticised Netflix’s new biopic series produced by Ryan Murphy, which recounts the infamous case of the Menéndez brothers. Erik condemned the show as "naive and inaccurate," particularly for omitting the brothers' allegations of abuse against their father José Menéndez. He claimed the series unfairly portrayed him and Lyle in the worst possible light.

"I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant likes rampant in the show," said Erik. "I can only believe they were done so on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent."

"It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime had taken the painful truths several steps backwards — back through time to an era when the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experienced rape trauma differently than women," he continued. "Those awful lies have been disrupted and exposed by countless brave victims over the last two decades who have broken through their personal shame and bravely spoken out."

"So now Murphy shapes his horrible narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander. Is the truth not enough?" concluded Erik.

Erik and Lyle are currently serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 murder of their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.