{"id":1585,"date":"2026-05-10T18:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/matt-damon-and-ben-affleck-sued-for-defamation-by-miami-cops-for-netflix-film-depiction\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T18:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:23:54","slug":"matt-damon-and-ben-affleck-sued-for-defamation-by-miami-cops-for-netflix-film-depiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/matt-damon-and-ben-affleck-sued-for-defamation-by-miami-cops-for-netflix-film-depiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon and Ben Affleck sued for defamation by Miami cops for Netflix film depiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/matt-ben.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are being sued by Miami police officers over their Netflix film, \u201cThe Rip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crime thriller, which was released in January, stars Damon and Affleck\u00a0as police officers in the\u00a0Miami-Dade Police Department\u00a0narcotics unit.\u00a0It\u2019s inspired by the true story of the 2016 Miami Lakes narcotics raid, which became the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/siblings-arrested-after-drug-bust-largest-money-seizure-in-miami-dade-police-history\/1974056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>largest money seizure in Miami-Dade history after police seized more than $24 million in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple police officers involved in the 2016 raid are now suing Affleck and Damon through their production company, Artists Equity, <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/entertainment\/netflix-film-depicting-miami-lakes-drug-bust-damaged-reputation-of-mdso-deputies-lawsuit-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to 7 News Miami<\/a>. Officers claim the film unfairly damages the reputation of the officers who were involved in the 2016 raid through its negative depiction of them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are being sued through their production company, Artists Equity, over their Netflix crime thriller, \u201cThe Rip.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Warrick Page\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe Rip\u201d is inspired by the true story of the 2016 Miami Lakes narcotics raid, when police seized more than $24 million in cash. <span class=\"credit\">Claire Folger\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Jonathan Santana, a deputy for the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, told the outlet, \u201cWhen you rip something, you\u2019re stealing something. We never stole a dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said that he now gets teased after the film\u2019s release, with people accusing him of stealing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much saying, you know, how many buckets of money did I steal?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Some Miami police officers involved in the 2016 raid are now suing, claiming the film damaged their reputations by portraying them as crooked cops. <span class=\"credit\">Claire Folger\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Attorney Ignacio Alvarez said, \u201cThey portrayed police officers as dirty, they portrayed my clients as dirty. Now their reputations are hurt.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Warrick Page\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Santana\u2019s attorney, Ignacio Alvarez, also told the outlet, \u201cThey portrayed police officers as dirty, they portrayed my clients as dirty. Now their reputations are hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cMy clients are now hurt for the rest of their lives with everybody [perceiving] that they\u2019re dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time \u201cThe Rip\u201d \u2014 which also stars Steven Yeun and Kyle Chandler \u2014 has ruffled feathers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Damon and Affleck, seen here at the film\u2019s premiere in January, have yet to respond publicly to the lawsuit, <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The film also stars Steven Yeun and Kyle Chandler. <span class=\"credit\">Claire Folger\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The movie was filmed primarily in Hilaleah, Florida, and Hialeah Mayor Bryan Calvo blasted the film in January, claiming that it falsely portrayed the city as unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis movie is a slap in the face to our law enforcement personnel,\u201d he said, <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/entertainment\/hialeah-mayor-police-chief-say-netflix-film-starring-ben-affleck-matt-damon-make-city-officials-residents-look-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per 7 News Miami<\/a>. \u201cIf you have never been to Hialeah, if you live somewhere else in this country and you see this film, I wouldn\u2019t want to come here, and that\u2019s a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real story that we saw depicted in the movie \u2018Rip\u2019 took place in Miami Lakes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/10\/entertainment\/matt-damon-and-ben-affleck-sued-for-defamation-by-miami-cops-for-netflix-film-depiction\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are being sued by Miami police officers over their Netflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/matt-ben.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}