Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are facing a defamation lawsuit from Miami police officers over their Netflix crime thriller The Rip. The film, which hit the streaming platform in January, has sparked a heated reputation battle after officers involved in the real-life 2016 Miami Lakes narcotics raid claim the movie unfairly portrays them as corrupt. Damon and Affleck star as police officers in the Miami-Dade Police Department narcotics unit in the movie.
According to Page Six, the plot is inspired by the 2016 raid, which became the largest cash seizure in Miami-Dade history after officers recovered over $24 million. But now, multiple officers who participated in that operation are suing Affleck and Damon’s production company, Artists Equity, arguing the film has permanently damaged their reputations.
