‘When They See Us,’ the Netflix miniseries that recounted the reported mishandling of the infamous Central Park Five case of the late 1980’s, has become one of the streaming giant’s most critically acclaimed offerings since arriving on the platform in summer 2019.
Yet, despite its ongoing fanfare, there’s one the award-winning, Ava Duvernay special shouldn’t expect a “thumbs up” from – author Linda Fairstein (the former Manhattan District Attorney’s office prosecutor who fought to ensure their five’s convictions).
Nine months after taking to the ‘Wall Street Journal’ to slam her portrayal in ‘When They See Us’ as ‘an outright fabrication’ (as we reported here), the 72-year-old is taking her complaints to court.
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“Linda Fairstein, the woman who helped prosecute the now-vindicated Central Park 5, is suing Netflix and director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in “When They See Us.”
Fairstein filed the federal suit Wednesday (March 18), saying she fired off a warning to DuVernay before her series was released. Fairstein says she was concerned she would be portrayed in a false and defamatory manner. She says it fell on deaf ears because Ava’s only response was Linda had no right to object before seeing the series. Once it came out in June 2019, Fairstein says every episode in which she appears portrayed her as a “racist, unethical villain who is determined to jail innocent children of color at any cost.”
In the suit, obtained by TMZ, Fairstein objects to nearly every single aspect of the case … as it’s portrayed in the series.”
Netflix fired back with the following:
“Linda Fairstein’s frivolous lawsuit is without merit. We intend to vigorously defend When They See Us and Ava DuVernay and Attica Locke, the incredible team behind the series.”
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The nerve of this racist privilege p**. What is the bases of her suit? Did she not form a cases with false info against those boys? We’re the now men not paid money because they unlawfully imprison?
White women are EVIL
Remember white women owned slaves.
White women wore their sunday best and watched with glee and cheered when their white husbands were whipping black slaves
Keep that same energy with the racist woman you stan for
Keep the same energy with the racist flop (normani) u stan also.
Rat.
Atleast Camila has apologized, normani has refused to address the issue or apologise to the Asian community.
U also stan dua lipa, who sings the n word back in 2014.
U also stan sza who hates gay men
U also stan arainna Grande, who does black face and is a culture vulture, pretending to be a black woman.
Lool preach it. Except she is not a woman but a horse faced piece of trash.
Don’t forget sneaking the n****** in the house for some good B**! Smh
Good luck with that lawsuit b*tch. Can’t sue when what they said was TRUE! Racist TRASH!!
Ur faves slutmani is also a racist trash flop and a hypocrite
Atleast Camila has apologized
When will racistmani apologize for mocking Asian people.
We got her on candid camera being racist to Asians.
Let’s not forget the xenophobic video of slutmani mocking a foreign cab driver.
Trash
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Normani is ugly, a flop and a racist
Gurl pick a struggle.
Keep spreading lies. The video was clearly doctored which is why no reputable news outlets picked it up. You’re trash. Go lick a doorknob
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Keep telling ur self that so u can sleep well at night.
Normani is a full fledged racist who hates Asian people
She has refused to learn from her mistakes
She has refused to take responsibility
She has refused to apologise
Typical racist behaviour
Not only is normani a racist but she a hypocrite. Acting all high and mighty when her herself has a racist past.
We have video evidence of her mocking Asian people
We got the ugly racist bìtch on candid camera. Lol
Atleast Camila has apologized, and made amends. Donates to charities that feed afrixan kids and kids in the middle east
Normani has refused to apologise.
Trash
An ugly flop who cant sing and is a whole racist. This is who u stan.
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Ewwwww