{"id":80921,"date":"2022-09-28T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/victims-family-speaks-out-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T18:40:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:40:04","slug":"victims-family-speaks-out-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/victims-family-speaks-out-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim’s Family Speaks Out \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\tRita Isbell, a family member of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims who is portrayed in the new Netflix series about the serial killer, is speaking out about Dahmer \u2013 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tIsbell’s brother, Errol Lindsey, was murdered at age 19 by Dahmer. She gave a victim impact statement during Dahmer’s 1992 sentencing, when the killer was given 15 consecutive life sentences. The emotional moment is re-created in the Ryan Murphy- and Ian Brennan-created limited series, which topped the streamer’s top 10 list the week of its Sept. 21 releases.\n\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\t\u201cWhen I saw some of the show, it bothered me, especially when I saw myself \u2014 when I saw my name come across the screen and this lady saying verbatim exactly what I said,\u201d wrote Isbell in an essay for insider<\/em>. \u201cIf I didn’t know any better, I would’ve thought it was me. Her hair was like mine, she had on the same clothes. That’s why it felt like reliving it all over again. It brought back all the emotions I was feeling back then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tIsbell says she wasn’t contacted by Netflix and off the streaming giant for profiting the tragic story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\t\u201cI feel like Netflix should’ve asked if we mind or how we felt about making it. They didn’t ask me anything. They just did it,\u201d she continued. \u201cI could even understand it if they gave some of the money to the victims’ children. \u2026 The victims have children and grandchildren. If the show benefited them in some way, it wouldn’t feel so harsh and careless. It’s sad that they’re just making money off of this tragedy. That’s just greed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tShe added, \u201cThe episode with me was the only part I saw. I didn’t watch the whole show. I don’t need to watch it. I lived it. I know exactly what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tNetflix and Ryan Murphy Productions declined comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tEric Perry, who identified himself as a cousin of Lindsey, also spoke out about the series when the scene portraying Isbell’s victim impact statement was first shared on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\t\u201cI’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge rn, but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are pissed about this show,\u201d he posted on twitter<\/a>. \u201cIt’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies\/shows\/documentaries do we need?\u201d\n\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tPerry added of the scene portraying Isbell: \u201cLike recreating my cousin having an emotional breakdown in court in the face of the man who tortured and murdered her brother is WILD,\u201d Perry wrote. \u201cWIIIIIILD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\tAfter his post received replies, he followed up to say that, because the sentencing is public record, the family was not notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n