Ava Duvernay Calls Linda Fairstein's Lawsuit Over ‘When They See Us’ Portrayal 'Frivolous'
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essence.comLinda Fairstein just couldn’t let lying dogs lie. The lead prosecutor in the botched 1989 Central Park jogger case, who was portrayed in Ava Duvernay’s award-winning Netflix docuseries, When They See Us, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming that she was publicly defamed, according to Variety.
In the suit against Netflix, DuVernay and co-writer Attica Locke, Fairstein claims that she was wrongfully portrayed as the racist mastermind behind the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson—once known as the Central Park Five, and now referred to as the Exonerated Five.
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