Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge in Florida agreed Thursday to transfer ex-prosecutor Linda Fairstein’s defamation lawsuit against Netflix to New York, finding that is a more appropriate venue for the case involving a TV series about the Central Park Five.Fairstein filed the suit in March, alleging that she was wrongfully depicted in “When They See Us” as a racist prosecutor who orchestrated the railroading of five innocent teenagers.
She also sued director Ava DuVernay and writer Attica Locke.She filed the case in federal court in Florida, where she now lives, arguing that was a legitimate venue because the series was broadcast there.
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