Ava DuVernay & Netflix Want ‘When They See Us’ Suit From Ex-NYC Assistant D.A. Dismissed
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deadline.comBy Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic EXCLUSIVE: Having already seen one lawsuit against the Emmy winning and Peabody Awards nominated When They See Us miniseries tossed, Netflix and Ava DuVernay are aiming today to get the defamation action by ex-Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein dismissed too. “Plaintiff’s claims fail under the First Amendment as a matter of law,” says the three-pronged filings Monday by the Oscar nominated director, the streamer and co-defendant WTSU producer/writer Attica Locke. “Material falsity is essential to any defamation claim and is an element Plaintiff must establish,” says the motion to dismiss put in the federal court docket today in response to ex-Assistant District Attorney for New
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