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

submitted 11 hours ago by beep@piefed.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/onion/p/1101724/south-florida-officers-sue-ben-affleck-and-matt-damon-claiming-details-in-the-rip-are-to

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[–] inari@piefed.zip 26 points 10 hours ago

Great advertising for their film

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 17 points 9 hours ago

So now everyone is going to want to watch the movie. Can't beat that advertisement.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 24 points 11 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

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 hour ago

Not that I agree with them, but their point is that they used real life details alongside fiction.

Like if I made a movie with all of your personal info but made your character a pedophile.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

So those two cops personally broke those laws. Well then they need to be put in a prison. Funny way of confessing their crimes.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 12 points 8 hours ago

So dumb it has to be a publicity stunt

[–] Jailbrick3d@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

speaks to the state of things in general when the answer is to sue instead of looking within

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 8 hours ago

The thin-skinned blue line?