Former New York City Assistant District Attorney is suing Netflix and Ava DuVernay over her depiction in the Central Park Five miniseries 'When They See Us'
“Defendants depict Ms. Fairstein — using her true name — as a racist, unethical villain who is determined to jail innocent children of color at any cost,” the lawsuit states, adding that the film inaccurately portrayed Fairstein as interrogating unaccompanied minors, calling for a roundup of “young, black” men and “thugs,” and calling people of color “animals.” The suit alleges that DuVernay and other defendants acted with actual malice since they knew the portrayal of Fairstein was false.
The suit notes that Fairstein’s reputation and livelihood have been negatively impacted by the miniseries, including literary contracts, speaking engagements, and consulting gigs. She now seeks actual damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief against the defendants.. “We intend to vigorously defendAva DuVernay co-wrote ‘When They See Us’ for Netflix.
After the premiere of the show, Fairstein stood by her previous work with the case, however. She wrote an opinion piece in the in which she took aim at the miniseries, but also the innocence of the five young men; while she agrees they should be cleared of the rape, she says that they may have committed other crimes that night in what was essentially a riot.The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park
, which centered around the 1986 killing of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin. Fairstein was an assistant district attorney at the Manhattan D.A.’s office at the time and was heavily involved in the case.
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