The latest season of “Monsters” reveals that Lyle Menendez used to wear a wig, which later played a significant role during Lyle and his brother Erik’s murder trials for shooting their parents inside their Beverly Hills mansion. One scene in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” shows their mother, Kitty Menendez, ripping off Lyle’s wig during a family argument. The incident occurred at the dinner table because he intended to marry his then-girlfriend before the murders.
Following the series premiere, Erik Menendez disputed some of its depictions, especially the “horrible and blatant lies” about his brother, Lyle. However, the wig scene happened in real life and was also brought up in court as part of the latter’s testimony.
Did Lyle Menendez wear a wig?
Yes, several sources have confirmed that Lyle Menendez wore a wig, and the wig scene from Netflix’s “Monsters” actually happened.
During his first-degree murder trial, the incident made its way to court as part of Lyle’s testimony, reported USA Today. He told the court, “She [Kitty Menendez] reached, and she grabbed my hairpiece and she just ripped it off.” He further alleged that his brother Erik “didn’t know I had a hairpiece. I was completely embarrassed in front of my brother.”
Lyle Menendez’s wig incident in the series causes the brothers to talk to each other about their father and the incident is implied to have provoked them to plan the shootings and the events that subsequently occurred. Lyle and Erik shot their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez multiple times in the family room of their Beverly Hills mansion. The gruesome events occurred on August 20, 1989. The brothers’ arrest would come seven months later.
The Menendez brothers stood separate trials, during which prosecutors argued they murdered their parents for financial gains. On the contrary, Lyle and Erik testified that they shot their father because he had been sexually abusing them, and accused their mother of being the enabler. Their initial trials in 1994 ended in mistrials. A jury finally found them guilty in March 1996. The two have been serving life sentences in prison without parole since then.
