Netflix hasn’t seen the latest Jeffrey Dahmer controversy yet. In September, the streamer debuted the script series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Created by Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy, the series stars Evan Peters as Dahmer, although Richard Jenkins also stars as the cannibalistic killer’s father. Lionel Dahmer. Now, per The sunthe real Lionel would consider a lawsuit against Netflix and the production team over his portrayal in the series.
According to the report, the 86-year-old is unhappy that he was not contacted beforehand by anyone in production. He is also said to be angry that Netflix uses audio footage recorded by his son’s lawyers for the individual docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes. Worse for the elder Dahmer, he says the renewed focus on the murders has left him a “nerve wreck” with true crime buffs showing up outside his rural Ohio home hoping to get a peek at him. Dahmer has reportedly purchased a firearm for protection and is considering legal action as his next move.
“As far as I know and from everything I’ve personally seen and seen, Lionel has not been contacted about any of these shows on Netflix,” Dahmer’s assistant Jeb said. The sun. “I’ve personally talked to a few lawyers and we’ve also talked to his publisher about it because of all the chaos that’s going on and the stories we’ve seen. Lionel and his proxy are gathering information and are reviewing a possible lawsuit against the production team or possibly Netflix.”
He added: “Everyone says that if there is no correspondence, you are asking for compensation. There was no concern whatsoever for Lionel’s well-being.”
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According to Jeb, Dahmer has not watched the entire Netflix series. However, from what he has been told, he believes his portrait inaccurately portrays him in a negative light. Dahmer, for his part, would rather not see script series such as Sample be made, preferring that people hear the story as he tells it by referencing his 1994 memoir A father’s story.
“Lionel was a very caring father. He was just trying to do his best in a time of uncertainty,” says Jeb. “He thinks none of this should have happened, all the information that should be public is in his book. Everything else is just glorified and offers attention to details that are not proven fact. They don’t know the protection between Jeff and the victims… None of this has been good for him.’
Jeb also wanted to clear up any rumors that Lionel Dahmer had taken advantage of the series because he wasn’t being paid at all for any of the new Dahmer-focused Netflix shows. It is also denied that this was done as a way to further promote Dahmer’s book, as some have suggested. These rumors are said to have caused further problems for Dahmer with the involvement of the relatives of some of the victims.
“Some people call him slime or scum. There are a lot of people who say he shouldn’t benefit from this,” Jeb said. “He’s not, he didn’t make a dime from this. If anything, he’s going to have to pay extra to stop this. There were a few stories (after the shows came out) where they said Lionel sold Jeff’s glasses for $ 150,000 and that’s not true. That’s right there causing a stir in the victims’ families because there was a lawsuit that Lionel couldn’t take advantage of Jeff. We’ve seen four or five of the victims’ relatives come out about this sort of thing, one that says if Lionel makes money off this, he’s just scum.”
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story streaming on Netflix.