Lionel Dahmer, the father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, came out of silence in the columns of US Sun a few days ago. He plans to file a complaint against Netflix following the series which chronicled the atrocities committed by his son.
It’s a story that came back to the fore on September 21st. The American platform Netflix has unveiled its series entitled Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. In it, the murders of the serial killer were depicted and the actors chosen looked a lot like the victims. She has been a hit on social networks and has been talked about a lot since her release. However, the series is also at the heart of many criticisms, in particular by Lionel Dahmer, the father of the serial killer. In the columns of US Sun, he first criticized Netflix for having “glamorized” the image of his son and his various murders. He also deplores the fact that he was not contacted by the platform before this series saw the light of day. Thus, he would consider filing a complaint, also specifying that in the second documentary proposed, many personal recordings have been revealed but none of Jeffrey Dahmer’s relatives have given their authorization. A situation that bothers him a lot and seems to be taking a very unpleasant turn for him.”From what I understand and from everything I have personally seen, Lionel has not been contacted about any of these shows on Netflix“, first confided his representative before specifying: “I’ve personally spoken to a few lawyers and we’ve also spoken to his editor because of all the chaos that’s going on and the stories that we’ve seen“. Will Lionel Dahmer be heard?
Lionel Dahmer is very angry with Netflix, but he refuses to speak directly. According to his representative, he would be in a moment of “nervousness“particularly because of the attention given to Jeffrey Dahmer. He laments the fact that many have become “serial killer fans” and some viewers have even entered the home of Lionel Dahmer. What he also criticizes the platform is the way he was represented. In 1994, he published a book in which he wanted to tell his point of view in this case. He had specified that he had never had no idea her son could be a murderer and was very surprised during his arrest. Lionel Dahmer’s representative assures that in the series he was shown in a very different way from reality. “He was a loving dad who was just trying to do his best back then“, he said before adding: “He feels that none of these programs should have been done, that all the necessary information is already in his book“. According to Lionel Dahmer, this is all just “glamorization and details that have never been proven“. The series looks back on Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood, his traumas and his years before the crimes, which allows viewers to discover a new side to the serial killer.
Jeffrey Dahmer: how did the serial killer die?
Jeffrey Dahmer is a serial killer who killed seventeen young men, more precisely young black or Hispanic men, and most often homosexuals, between 1978 and 1991. To get rid of the bodies of his victims, he used to dismember them, eat them or even dissolve their flesh in acid. He had been nicknamed the “Milwaukee cannibal”. He tries to commit his last murder in July 1991 but does not succeed since his victim escapes. In 1992 he is sentenced to 15 times life sentence and is incarcerated at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin. He was attacked for the first time in July 1994 by an inmate who tried to cut his throat with a razor blade. A few months later, in November 1994, Christopher Scarver, convinced that Jeffrey Dahmer did not regret his crimes, beat him with a central barbell. Serial killer dies of his woundss in the ambulance.