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US police officers sue Damon and Affleck, claiming Netflix thriller The Rip is ‘too real’

SCMP Culture 11 May 2026 Yesterday
US police officers sue Damon and Affleck, claiming Netflix thriller The Rip is ‘too real’
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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 Sheriff’s Office, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court earlier thi
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