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Ryan Murphy is donecombing through Court TV archivesto find his nexttrue-crime subject.
Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez will play the brothers.
Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny have signed on to play Jose and Mary Louise Kitty Menendez, perVariety.
The murders occurred in 1989, when Jose and Kitty Menendez were fatally shot in their Beverly Hills home.
Months later, police began investigating the brothers for their role in their parents death.
Erik broke down and confessed to his psychologist, who told his mistress Judalon Smyth.
The brothers were convicted only after they were tried together and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Court TVs coverage of their first trial served as a precursor to our true-crime-obsessed culture today.
Lyle and Erik remain incarcerated.
Murphys latestfictionalized dive into true crimewill air in 2024.
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