Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, officers in the Miami-Dade Sherriff's Office, have filed a lawsuit against Artists Equity and Ben and Matt's LLC production company Falco Productions, accusing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon of defamation in their new Netflix movie 'The Rip'. They alleged that the characters of Lt. Dane Dumars and Detective Sgt. J.D. Byrne have been depicted in a way that results in damage to their personal and professional reputations.
According to the complaint, the film's unique, non-generic details of the real-life incident, combined with its Miami-Dade setting and portrayal of a narcotics team, creates a reasonable inference that the officers depicted are the plaintiffs.
Similar to how the movie opened with the text 'inspired by true events,' they argued that apart from the fact that a large seizure occurred, the events portrayed in the film did not happen. A second line of argument is that the characters' bending of procedure, including one scene where Affleck's alter ego kills a DEA agent, lead the family members and colleagues of the plaintiffs to suggest that the seized funds were used for personal property improvements, private schooling for their children, and to afford vehicles and vessels.
This create the association of the Miami-Dade Police Department and the plaintiffs with the corrupt portrayals in the film. The movie has allegedly led to substantial harm to their personal and professional reputations and the officers are seeking damages and attorneys fees as well as a public retraction and correction
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