Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are being sued by the police. The real life inspiration behind the Netflix film The Rip is suing the two Hollywood stars. While the film didn't name names, officers Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana believe that the Netflix film defames them.
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They claim it caused "substantial harm to their personal and professional reputations." So they want Affleck and Damon to pay.
"The Film and its promotional content imply misconduct, poor judgment, and unethical behavior in connection with a real law-enforcement operation," the lawsuit stated. They claim the Netflix film used unique details to a real-life case involving them. "Those details allowed people familiar with the case to connect Plaintiffs to the Film's fictional portrayal."
They're suing Damon and Affleck and their production company Artists Equity and the LLC Falco Productions for damages. The Netflix film featured both actors as Miami narcotics officers who discover $20 million in cash. The officers began to turn on each other in the film over suspicions of greed.
Sued Over Netflix Film
The lawsuit alleges that the film draws on former Miami-Dade police officer Christopher Casiano's experience during a raid. However, Casiano apparently was directly involved in that case.
"Not only was Capt. Christopher Casiano never involved in the real incident used as the inspiration for the story, Casiano was not even part of the Narcotics Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department when the real incident occurred, did not execute the search warrant, and was not present for the recovery of the concealed currency and contraband," the complaint alleges.
According to the officers, the movie creates distinctive details based on a real 2016 narcotics case involving them. They believe the film presents officers involved in said case in a bad light. According to the officers, they sent a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix and the filmmakers last year before the movie dropped.
They also claim an officer who worked as a consultant on the Netflix film "contacted the Plaintiffs on behalf of Joe Carnahan, to apologize for Christopher Casiano's representation of the story and offered to 'make it right' by proposing potential roles and consulting opportunities in a subsequent film."
