Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller The Rip used too many real-life details in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit.Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the Miami-dade-sheriffs-office" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="125454" data-entity-type="organization">Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film-production company owned by Affleck and Damon.Court filings do not say how much the officers are suing for but the civil complaint says they are seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages and lawyers’ fees, as well as a public retraction and correction.
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Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real
Two Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sergeants, Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, have filed a defamation lawsuit against Artists Equity, a film production company co-owned by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The officers allege that the fictional action thriller "The Rip" incorporated too many real-life details, causing harm to their personal and professional reputations.
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Two Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sergeants, Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, have filed a defamation lawsuit against Artists Equity, a film production company co-owned by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The officers allege that the fictional action thriller "The Rip" incorporated too many real-life details, causing harm to their personal and professional reputations. The lawsuit, filed in Miami federal court, claims the film's narrative, while fictionalized, is too closely tied to their actual experiences. The officers are seeking compensatory and punitive damages, legal fees, and a public retraction and correction from the production company. The specific amount of damages sought has not been disclosed in the court filings.
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