 Netflix must face a defamation law suit by former prosecutor Linda Friestain over her portrayal as a racist and unethical villain in the series when they see us. A U.S. district judge in New York has ruled that Friestain had plausible alleged defamation as to five sins. They include depictions that should withheld evidence, coerced confessions and directed a racially discriminatory police round-up of young men. When they see us is a 2019 series about the Central Park Five case in which young African American boys were unjustly convicted of murder.