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Sheriff’s Deputies Sue Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s Production Company
MDSO Deputies to Ben Affleck & Matt Damon
You Ruined Our Reputation!!!
Sues Production Company
Published
“The Rip” — Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s movie inspired by a 2016 drug bust in South Florida — trashed the reputations of some Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies … at least according to a new lawsuit.
According to reports, the suit was filed against Matt and Ben’s production company, Artists Equity, and claims their Netflix film unfairly damaged the reps of the real-life officers involved.
MDSO deputy Jonathan Santana told NBC 7News … “When you rip something, you’re stealing something. We never stole a dollar.”
Santana and fellow officer Jason Smith reportedly cracked the Miami Lakes drug case in 2016 and seized over $20M in the bust.
But Santana says he’s been getting accused of stealing money ever since Matt and Ben’s movie dropped in January … and the lawsuit alleges it paints the cops as crooked.
Santana’s lawyer, Ignacio Alvarez, says the film hurt his clients’ reps, saying … “They portrayed police officers as dirty, they portrayed my clients as dirty.”
The suit also says Smith and Santana should’ve been paid as consultants on the movie … arguing that producers instead brought on a different cop they say didn’t even work on the bust.