Linda Fairstein is suing Netflix and Ava DuVernay over WhenTheySeeUs
Linda Fairstein objects to being portrayed as a racist in Ava DuVernay's docuseries about the "Central Park Five."When They See Us, released last year, is a four-part docuseries about the investigation, prosecution and exoneration of the "Central Park Five," five African American men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1989 sexual assault. Those convictions were vacated based on DNA evidence and the confession of another man who came forward in 2002.
Fairstein says she didn't personally prosecute the "Central Park Five," although she was head of the Manhattan District Attorney's sex crimes unit in 1989.portrays Ms. Fairstein in a false and defamatory manner in nearly every scene in the three episodes in which she appears, portrayed by actress Felicity Huffman," states the complaint. "The film series’ portrayal of Ms. Fairstein cannot be justified as the mere use of artistic license or dramatization.
Fairstein adds that it's not accurate that she "masterminds a theory of the case against the children by, among other things: unlawfully interrogating unaccompanied minors; calling for a roundup of 'young, black' 'thugs'; manipulating a timeline of events to pin the rape of the Central Park jogger on The Five; referring to people of color as 'animals'; directing NYPD detectives to coerce confessions from unaccompanied minors who are beaten while in custody;...
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