Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story crew member claims she was treated ‘horribly’ on set: ‘One of the worst shows that I’ve ever worked on’-Cydney Yeates-Entertainment – Metro

A production coordinator who worked on Netflix’s Dahmer series has spoken out (Picture: Netflix)

A Black crew member has said she was ‘treated horribly’ behind the scenes of the Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, claiming she was called the wrong name on multiple occasions.

Kim Alsup worked as a coordinator on Ryan Murphy’s 10-part series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Since its release on September 21, the true crime drama has been slammed by one of the serial killer’s victims’ family members claiming the show has ‘retraumatised’ their loved ones.

And now Alsup, who claims she was one of two Black members of the production, has said it was one of the ‘worst shows’ she’s ever worked on.

Following the release of the trailer, she tweeted: ‘I worked on this project and I was 1 of 2 Black people on the crew and they kept calling me her name. We both had braids, she was dark skin and 5’10. I’m 5’5.

‘Working on this took everything I had as I was treated horribly. I look at the Black female lead differently now too.’

Alsup said that she has not watched the Netflix show over fears that it will trigger painful memories of working on it.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, she said: ‘I don’t want to have these PTSD types of situations.

‘The trailer itself gave me PTSD, which is why I ended up writing that tweet and I didn’t think that anybody was going to read.’

She added: ‘It was one of the worst shows that I’ve ever worked on. I was always being called someone else’s name, the only other Black girl who looked nothing like me, and I learned the names for 300 background extras.’

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story was released on Netflix in September (Picture: Netflix)

The 10-part crime drama follows serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Picture: Netflix)

Dahmer was convicted of brutally killing and dismembering 17 victims (Picture: Rex)

According to the publication, Alsup’s experience did improve somewhat during the production of the sixth episode, which was written by Janet Mock, a Black woman, and by Paris Barclay, a Black man.

She still felt her overriding experience to be ‘exhausting’ and alleged there were no mental health coordinators on set.

All crew is provided access to free health and wellness resources, including access to a licensed therapist, a Netflix spokesperson told Los Angeles Times.

Dahmer was convicted of brutally killing and dismembering 17 victims, all male, between the years 1978 and 1991. Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts.

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Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is told through the lives of the victims who were impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed Dahmer to continue his killing spree before eventually being imprisoned in 1992.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Netflix for comment.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is available to watch on Netflix.

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