‘Monsters’: Where Is Menendez Brothers Attorney Leslie Abramson Now?

The lawyer, played in the Netflix series by Ari Graynor, also briefly represented music producer Phil Spector in his 2007 murder trial

Leslie Abramson at the 1996 Menendez brothers trial in Los Angeles
Leslie Abramson at the 1996 Menendez brothers trial (Credit: Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty Images)

Ari Graynor is the MVP of Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters” Netflix series as Leslie Abramson, the chain-smoking defense lawyer who was vilified at the time for defending the Menendez brothers in the brutal 1989 shotgun killings of their parents.

It’s a great, meaty character for any actress: When Edie Falco played Abramson in 2017’s “Law & Order True Crime,” she was nominated for an Emmy, which could be the next accolade for Graynor.

Viewers naturally want to know more about the real Abramson, who is now 80 and retired, but the former lawyer has rebuffed outreach efforts from the press, including from TheWrap.

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