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Florida police sue Affleck, Damon over film's 'too real' details

Two South Florida police officers are suing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's production company, Artists Equity, over their film "The Rip." The officers claim the movie, which was inspired by a real 2016 drug trafficking case, used too many specific details from their investigation, harming their reputations. While the production company argues the film is fictional and states this in its credits, the officers contend that the inclusion of real case details creates the impression that the characters are based on them. AI

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RANK_REASON Lawsuit filed against a film production company and its owners over alleged defamation related to a movie's plot.

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Florida police sue Affleck, Damon over film's 'too real' details

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 · Associated Press ·

    Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real

    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 …

  2. Fortune TIER_1 · David Fischer, The Associated Press ·

    Florida cops sue Affleck and Damon for a movie too much like their real life

    Affleck and Damon said while promoting the film that the story is loosely based on accounts from the Miami-Dade Police.