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Lyle and Erik Menendez weren’t happy with a recent Netflix project about their lives, but another title from the streamer gives them a chance to have their say.

In “The Menendez Brothers,” a new documentary, the two men speak in in-depth interviews about the events surrounding the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at the family’s Beverly Hills mansion.

Public interest in the Menendez case was recently reignited by Ryan Murphy’s Netflix dramatization of the murders in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which the brothers have described as “obvious lies.”

Prosecutors in Los Angeles announced last week that they will review new evidence presented in their case ahead of a hearing next month.

This is what the new documentation reveals:

Erik, now 53, and Lyle, 56, who have been imprisoned for decades for the murders, gave interviews to director Alejandro Hartmann.

The recorded calls from prison tell her story in her own words:

“Lyle was the only person who ever protected me,” his brother said.

The couple said they were driven to murder their parents after years of alleged sexual abuse by their father, which their mother was allegedly aware of.

Social media has helped a new generation uncover the case, and there is now a movement calling for her release.

TikTok in particular has been a popular forum for comments and re-examination of evidence.

“The only reason we’re doing this special is because of the TikTok movement,” Pamela Bozanich, a prosecutor in the first trial, says in the documentary.

The brothers have also received celebrity support from the likes of Rosie O’Donnell and Kim Kardashian.

The new documentary also provides insights into the siblings’ lives behind bars.

The couple had initially fought to serve a sentence together in the same facility. According to Lyle Menendez, it was “tremendously painful” when that didn’t happen.

They met in 2018 when he was transferred to the prison in San Diego, California, where Erik Menendez was being held. They now communicate daily.

“The Menendez Brothers” is streaming on Netflix.