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Netflix Loses Bid to Dismiss ‘Inventing Anna’ Defamation Lawsuit


A judge rejected a motion to the throw out a lawsuit alleging that 'Inventing Anna' defamed a former Vanity Fair staffer.

In rejecting that argument, Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly found that at least some of the characterizations in the show could cross the line into defamation. ”Despite being a con artist, the Series presents Sorokin’s brazen willingness to lie, cheat and steal her way past supposedly unjust obstacles rooted in bureaucracy, ageism and sexism as admirable,” her lawsuit states. The plaintiff’s attorney has already served a series of subpoenas in the case, including ones on Sorokin and on Katie Lowes, the actor who plays Williams.

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