Brother of “Monsters” Star Cooper Koch Says He 'Cares Immensely' for Victims amid Backlash Over Menendez Brothers Series
Cooper Koch plays Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy 's latest installment of the Monsters anthology series, and now, the actor's brother is speaking out amid backlash to the show. On Sept. 19, Cooper's brother Payton shared a carousel of photos on Instagram from the set of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story — in which Cooper stars as Erik and Nicholas Alexander Chavez plays Lyle — as he wrote that he's "never felt more proud" of his brother than after seeing him take on the role of Erik.