Netflix Sued By Panama Papers Law Firm Over ‘The Laundromat’

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The two partners behind now-dissolved Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co have filed a libel and trademark infringement lawsuit against Netflix over The Laundromat, the streamer’s Pa…

The complaint was made to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. According to the filed document, the firm is claiming the film “defames and portrays the Plaintiffs as ruthless uncaring lawyers who are involved in money laundering, tax evasion, bribery and/or other criminal conduct”.

“The implications and innuendo converge to cast Plaintiffs in the light of mastermind criminals whose crimes include, but are not limited to, murder, bribery, money laundering and/or corruption. Defendant’s trailer and movie have clearly defamed the Plaintiffs and cast them in the false light of criminality,” the suit reads.

 

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..and the Streisand Effect takes its latest victim.

So Netflix did a right thing by releasing the movie, yet again.

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