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.

Leslie Abramson was the attorney for Erik Menendez during his infamous trial, and went through some big highs and lows following that case.

In a 1990 article titled "Nightmare on Elm Drive," Vanity Fair reporter Dominick Dunne noted Abramson's reputation as the "most brilliant Los Angeles defense lawyer for death-row cases" and said she was both "fearless and tough" in and out of the courtroom.