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Central Park 5 Prosecutor “Will Not Receive Any Money” As Netflix & Linda Fairstein End ‘When They See Us’ Defamation Dispute Just Before Trial
Just days before a trial was set to start in NYC, the ex-Asst D.A. & the streamer have come to a deal over the Ava DuVerney Emmy winning series
“The parties announce that they have resolved this lawsuit,” said the streamer and ex-Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein in a joint statement today as documents are being filed right now in court to end the matter. In a move that borders on ironic were it not so consequential, Netflix’s seven-figure donation to the 1992 founded Innocence Project puts resources at the disposal of the very people that the likes of Fairstein sought to imprison. Representatives for the DA offices ex-sex crimes unit chief, who was portrayed by Felicity Huffman in the four-part 2019 miniseries, reached out to the streamer seeking a significant payout, which Netflix refused, I hear.
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