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Central Park Five

Linda Fairstein, former head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit, claims Netflix and Ava DuVernay defamed her in the movie “When They See Us,” about the prosecution of the Central Park Five rape and assault case, in federal court.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Linda Fairstein, former head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit, claims in a federal complaint that Netflix and Ava DuVernay defamed her in the movie “When They See Us,” about the prosecution of the Central Park Five rape and assault case.

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