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Fairstein v. Netflix, Inc. et al

  1. June 04, 2024

    Netflix Settles Central Park 5 Defamation Case Ahead Of Trial

    Netflix has settled a lawsuit alleging one of its docuseries defamed a Manhattan prosecutor who was involved in the Central Park Five case, agreeing Tuesday to donate $1 million to a nonprofit dedicated to preventing wrongful convictions.

  2. April 03, 2024

    Netflix Libel Trial To Feature Full Central Park 5 Series

    Jurors will watch Netflix's entire four-part dramatization of the Central Park Five rape case and exoneration before deciding whether the series defamed a longtime top prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday ahead of the trial.

  3. September 19, 2023

    Netflix Must Keep Fighting Central Park 5 Prosecutor's Claims

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday refused to hand an early win to Netflix and the director of its dramatization of the Central Park Five rape case, holding that a jury could reasonably find that they recklessly disregarded the truth in portraying a former Manhattan prosecutor involved in the case.

  4. February 07, 2023

    Netflix Rebuts Central Park 5 Prosecutor's Spoliation Claim

    The director of a Netflix dramatization of the Central Park Five case, who is being sued for defamation by the former Manhattan prosecutor depicted as a villain in the series, on Monday called the prosecutor's "last-minute" claims of evidence destruction a "desperate" Hail Mary.

  5. December 14, 2022

    Central Park 5 Prosecutor Seeks Sanctions In Netflix Case

    A former Manhattan prosecutor who was involved in the Central Park Five case said the director of a Netflix-made dramatization of the case threw out evidence in a federal defamation suit against her and the streaming giant.

  6. August 10, 2021

    Netflix Must Face Ex-Prosecutor's Defamation Claims

    A New York federal judge on Monday refused to entirely throw out a former Manhattan prosecutor's defamation suit against Netflix, ruling that the average viewer could conclude that several scenes in its docudrama on the Central Park jogger rape case showing her committing misconduct have a basis in fact.