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Kim Kardashian and ‘Monsters’ actor visit Menendez brothers in prison
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Kim Kardashian and ‘Monsters’ actor visit Menendez brothers in prison

Kim Kardashian visited the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego on Saturday to talk to a large group of inmates, including brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, about prison reform.

Kardashian was joined by sister Khloe Kardashian, mother Kris Jenner, film producer Scott Budnick and actor Cooper Koch, who plays Erik in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix biopic series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

The Menendez brothers, who shot and killed 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, Erik criticized “Monsters,” saying the second installment of the Netflix anthology series perpetuated “ruined characterizations” 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 to do this without malicious intent,” Menendez wrote in his statement, which was posted to his wife Tammi Menendez’s X account (formerly Twitter).

Kardashian recently worked with Murphy on another version of “American Horror Story.” The actor and reality star also regularly visits prisons to learn and speak about rehabilitation programs and prison reform, which she has shared on Kardashian TV shows and discussed on Variety’s Top on judicial reform.

Earlier this year, Kardashian spoke with “Monsters” star Chloë Sevigny, who plays Kitty Menendez in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” for Variety Actors on Actors. Together they talked about the Menendez family ahead of the season’s release.

Sevigny revealed the challenges she faced in portraying Menendez’s matriarch: “We’re playing interpretations of her, so I’m not necessarily playing her truth, which I found very difficult.”

“I grew up on the street where it all happened, and everyone went to the same schools,” Kardashian responded. “I remember hearing about the case. But my dad drove me by the house and told me the story. And he had been in the house. Since the boys are still alive, would you be open to them trying to contact you?”

“I think it’s a slippery slope, and I think the legal aspects are really dangerous,” Sevigny said. “I’ve committed a lot of real crimes, and honestly, I find it a little mentally exhausting just to think about those responsibilities to the victims, even to the killers and their families.”

TMZ was the first to report on Kardashian’s visit.