The family of Jeffrey Dahmer's 11th murder victim has said they have been "retraumatized" by Netflix's new series.
The details of the notorious Milwaukee serial killer's slayings are coming back into the spotlight due to the new Netflix series, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
The ten-part series tells the story of Dahmer - played by Evan Peters - who raped, murdered, and dismembered 17 people between 1978 and 1991, many of whom were young men, typically of Black, Asian, or Latino descent.
While many viewers are terrified by the killer's twisted story, it has been especially harder for the families of the victims. The cousin of Dahmer's 19-year-old victim, Errol Lindsey, has taken to Twitter to express his discomfort with the show.
Read his tweets below:Lindsey was reportedly lured to Dahmer's apartment to pose for nude photos, only to be horrifically murdered by the infamous serial killer in April 1991 - three months before Dahmer's arrest.
The teenage victim's cousin, Eric Thulhu, took aim at a scene in which his cousin Rita Isbell - the victim's sister - is shown bursting in anger in court in the new series.
"I’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge [right now], but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are p***ed about this show," Thulhu wrote.
"It’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?" he questioned.
He continued: "Like recreating my cousin having an emotional breakdown in court in the face of the man who tortured and murdered her brother is WILD. WIIIIIILD."
Lindsey's cousin went on to say the network didn't even "notify" the family of the creation of the tv show because it's "all public record, so they don’t have to notify (or pay!) anyone".
"So when they say they’re doing this 'with respect to the victims' or 'honoring the dignity of the families', no one contacts them," he said, adding: "My cousins wake up every few months…with a bunch of calls and messages and they know there’s another Dahmer show. It’s cruel."
The victim's sister herself also slammed the "greedy" platform for "making money off of this tragedy" in a powerful new essay for Insider published yesterday (September 26).
During the victim impact statement moment in court, Rita was seen screaming at the top of her lungs and flinging her body around in a rage, while yelling, "Jeffrey, motherf***er, I hate you".
The sister then tried to approach the killer and his lawyers, while screaming that she was going to "kill him," before being held back by police.
Watch the scene and real-life moment below:In her essay, Rita wrote that she could understand the publicization if they "gave some of the money to the victims' children," not necessarily her because she's "comfortable," but the victim's 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," she explained.
Rita also told the outlet that when she saw the reenactment of her lashing out in the series, she was "bothered" by it - especially because the streaming network did not contact her for permission.
"I was never contacted about the show. I feel like Netflix should've asked if we mind or how we felt about making it," she said.
"When I saw some of the show, it bothered me, especially when I saw myself - when I saw my name come across the screen and this lady saying verbatim exactly what I said."
"If I didn't know any better, I would've thought it was me. Her hair was like mine, she had on the same clothes," she said, adding that it "brought back all the emotions she was feeling back then" and forced her to "relive it all over again".
However, she said that it did have some benefits as it allowed her to keep her brother's memory alive, as well as speak out for his daughter, saying: "It's not about me anymore, it's about her."
