Netflix Can’t Escape Linda Fairstein’s “When They See Us” Defamation Lawsuit

Netflix and Ava Du Vernay will continue to fight Linda fairsteinThe libel lawsuit against his performance in “When They See Us” …

According to new legal documents obtained by TMZ … a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday that Linda’s libel suit was allegedly plausible defamation in 5 scenes from the critically acclaimed Central Park case 5.

Remember … Linda was the woman who helped pursue Central Park 5, now vindicated, and Felicity huffman plays her in the Netflix series.

The judge has ruled on multiple scenes portraying Linda as racist while leading a police raid on potential suspects in Harlem, withholding DNA evidence from the defense and forcing a confession could prove libelous and cannot be dismissed at this point in time. litigation.

As we reported … Linda sued Netflix and the show’s director for libel in March 2020, saying the show portrayed her as a “racist and unethical villain who is determined to imprison innocent children of color at all costs.”

Netflix initially called the lawsuit frivolous and baseless and tried to get it dismissed, arguing that the series was protected by the First Amendment. Although some of Fairstein’s claims were dismissed, the judge ruled that the case could proceed with his claims regarding some critical scenes in the series.