The mother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims has hit out at Netflix's dramatization of his life.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer story has topped the streaming platform's most-watched list ever since it was released last month and generated a surge of interest in the serial killer.
However, the mom of one of Dahmer's victims has questioned the accuracy of the TV show, claiming that the events of her son's murder "didn't happen" how they are shown on screen.
In an interview with The Guardian published Monday (October 10), Shirley Hughes - the mom of Tony Hughes - slammed the show for misrepresenting his death, saying: "I don't see how they can use our names and put stuff out like that out there."
According to the Associated Press, Tony - who was deaf and mute - met Dahmer at a Milwaukee gay bar on May 24, 1991. After going back to Dahmer's apartment, Tony was drugged, killed, and dismembered.
Speaking about how the show portrayed her son's murder, Hughes said: "It didn’t happen like that."
In Netflix's depiction of the crime, Dahmer is shown cooking and eating Tony's liver as well as donating money to his search effort.
Tony was Dahmer's 12th victim. The killer went on to slaughter five more men and boys before he was eventually captured two months later in July.
Now, Hughes' 85-year-old mom has joined the growing ranks of victims' families to criticize the Dahmer TV show.
Last month, Eric Perry - the cousin of teenage victim Errol Lindsey - slammed the show for their representation of Rita Isbell - Lindsey's sister.
Perry claimed that the show was "retraumatizing" his family in a string of furious tweets.
"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 Isbells) are p***ed about this show," Perry wrote.
He questioned "It’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?"
Perry 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."