Netflix Sued by Private Prison Operator Over ‘Messiah’ Depiction
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variety.comBy Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The GEO Group, which operates private prisons and detention centers, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that it had been defamed in two episodes of the Netflix series “Messiah.” The series depicts a mysterious figure who gains a following by performing miracles in the desert.
In the third and fourth episodes, the character is detained at an immigration facility in Texas, which is identified with GEO Group logos.
The suit claims that the show depicts the facility in a defamatory light. The inmates do not have beds, are kept in overcrowded conditions and surrounded by chain-link fences. “Unlike in ‘Messiah,’ GEO does not house people in overcrowded rooms with chainlink cages at its Facilities, but
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