Netflix hasn’t seen the last of its Jeffrey Dahmer controversy just yet. In September, the streamer debuted the scripted series Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Created by Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy, the series stars Evan Peters as Dahmer, though Richard Jenkins is also featured in a main role as the cannibalistic murderer’s father, Lionel Dahmer. Now, per The Sun, the real Lionel is said to be considering a lawsuit against Netflix and the production team over his portrayal in the series.

According to the report, the 86-year-old is unhappy that he was not contacted beforehand by anyone in the production. He is also said to be angry about Netflix using audio footage recorded by his son’s lawyers for the separate docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes. Worse yet for the elder Dahmer, he says the renewed attention on the murders have made him a “nervous wreck” with true crime aficionados showing up outside of his rural Ohio home hoping to catch a peek at him. Dahmer reportedly purchased a firearm for protection and is weighing legal action as his next step.

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“From my understanding and from everything that I’ve seen and witnessed personally, Lionel was not contacted about either of these shows on Netflix,” Dahmer’s assistant, Jeb, told The Sun. “I’ve personally talked to a few lawyers and we’ve talked to his publisher about it too due to all the chaos that is going on and the stories we’ve seen. Lionel and his power of attorney are gathering information and looking at a possible lawsuit against the production team or possibly Netflix."

He added, “Everyone is saying that if there was zero correspondence you seek damages. There was zero care whatsoever about Lionel’s wellbeing.”

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According to Jeb, Dahmer has not watched the Netflix series in full. From what he’s been told, however, he believes his portrayal inaccurately paints him in a negative light. For his part, Dahmer would rather not see any script series such as Monster be made, preferring people hear the story as he tells it by referring to his 1994 memoir A Father’s Story.

“Lionel was a very caring father. He was just trying to do his best in a time of uncertainty,” Jeb says. “He thinks that none of this should have been made, all the information that needs to be public is right there in his book. Everything else is just glamorized and provides attention to details that aren’t proven fact. They don’t know the conservations between Jeff and the victims… None of this has been good for him.”

Jeb also wanted to clear up any rumors that Lionel Dahmer had profited from the series, as he was not paid at all for either of the new Dahmer-focused Netflix shows. It’s also denied that any of this was done as a way of further promoting Dahmer’s book as some have suggested. It’s said that these rumors have further caused trouble for Dahmer with the family members of some of the victims getting involved.

“Some people call him slime or scum, there’s a lot of people who say he shouldn’t be profiting off of this,” Jeb said. “He’s not, he hasn’t made a dime off any of this. If anything, he’s going to have to pay extra to stop this. There were a couple of stories (after the shows came out) where they said that Lionel sold Jeff’s glasses for $150,000 and that’s not true. That right there gets the victims’ families in an uproar because there was a lawsuit that Lionel could not profit from Jeff. We’ve seen four or five family members of the victims come out about this stuff, one saying that if Lionel is making money off this, then he’s just scum.”

Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is streaming on Netflix.