Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘Afflicted’ Docuseries Allowed to Proceed

A state appellate court has turned down Netflix’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by subjects of docuseries Afflicted who say they were defamed when the show misrepresented their chronic illnesses. In a unanimous decision from the Second Appellate District, the panel ruled that the consent releases the subjects signed aren’t enforceable because they were […]