Now That Netflix Has Settled With Linda Fairstein Over ‘Central Park Five’ Depiction, All Eyes Turn to New $170 Million ‘Baby Reindeer’ Suit

Latest accuser, who is not named in series, claims amateur sleuths identified and harassed her based on ‘brutal lies.’

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Director of "Central Park Five," Ava DuVernay, center, with Raymond Santana, from left, Kevin Richardson, Korey Wise, Anthony McCray, and Yuesf Salaam at the Apollo Theater at New York, May 20, 2019. Photo by Donald Traill/Invision

Six days before a high-profile defamation lawsuit against Netflix and an Academy Award-nominated director, Ava DuVernay, was set to go to trial — involving the third-rail issues of race in the criminal justice system and the “Central Park Five” — the parties announced a settlement Tuesday.

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