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

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

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 […]

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1930

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27

1873

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1898

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1934

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1836

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1880

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27

1816

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