Clearly, Netflix’s practices seem dissatisfaction around the world. After the controversy around Dahmerit’s the turn of the series The queen of the south to relaunch the debate on the representation of people who really existed.
The queen of the southbiography of Sandra Avila?
Former financial operator of a powerful Mexican cartel who is now 60 years old, Sandra Avila account take Netflix to court for misuse of its image in The queen of the south. The successful series tells it the rise of a drug queen and is adapted from the bestseller of the same nameArturo Perez-ReverteSpanish writer having himself denied that he was inspired by the life of the former financial operator.
Netflix is not alone in Avila’s sights: in 2011, The queen of the south was available on the Spanish American channel Telemundo. In 2019, the latter would have done so released footage of Sandra Avila’s arrest, sentenced to eight years in 2007 for money laundering and criminal association. What to do in particular blurred the distinction for the public between the sixty-year-old and the character of Teresa Mendozaheroine of the series …
Netflix has regularly sued for its narco-series
In an interview with the television channel Milenio TV dating from On August 28, Sandra Avila’s lawyer announced it customer would file a complaint because his “the image is directly affected […] presenting himself as a drug dealer. ” According to Mr. Razo Reyese, the “compensation” of his client could go up ” As far as 40% of profits ” collected from the series.
It is not the first time that a series on drug trafficking has been the subject of this type of complaint. In 2017, Roberto De Jesús Escobar asked Netflix for $ 1 billion for using his famous brother’s name. However, he ended up withdrawing his complaint. In 2018, writer and former partner of Pablo Escobar, Virginia Vallejo, had in turn sued the platform for “plagiarism” of his book in the famous series Narcos.
Featured image credit: © Telemundo Nationale
Source: Madmoizelle
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