Netflix Can Be Sued for Portrayal of Former Prosecutor, Linda Fairstein, in “When They See Us”

Essence Magazine:

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images By Malaika Jabali ·August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

A federal judge ruled Monday that Netflix, Ava DuVernay, and writer Attica Locke can be sued for defamation for their depiction of a character in the critically-acclaimed Netflix miniseries “When They See Us.”

The dramatic series garnered multiple accolades for its gripping account of the Central Park Five, a group of Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongly convicted

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