The co-creator and co-showrunner spoke to the Times about the outcry over the show, its depiction of the Menendez brothers and how it portrays sexual abuse. We also explain what's rooted in fact.

The Menendez brothers' infamous 1989 murder of their parents is back in the headlines with the release of "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story"—and this new Netflix true-crime series puts a highly dramatized spin on the shocking case.

The production claims to retell the story of the brothers, who were sentenced in life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1996 murder of their parents, José and Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez. José and Kitty were shot a total of 16 times in their lavish home, with a gauge shot gun, in 1989.