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South Florida officers sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming details in 'The Rip' are too real (lite.cnn.com)

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

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 fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit.

From m-w.com (emphasis mine):

the act of communicating false statements about a person that injure the reputation of that person

[–] Steve@startrek.website 12 points 18 hours ago

So dumb it has to be a publicity stunt

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