Yahoo News Making a Murderer makers are being sued over the Netflix series
Netflix and the documentarians behind Making A Murderer are being sued for defamation.
On Monday (December 17), former Manitowoc County police sergeant Andrew Colburn filed a suit against the streaming service, as well as filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, at the Manitowoc County circuit court.
He is claiming that the true crime series wrongfully accused him of framing Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for Teresa Halbach’s murder, by suggesting he planted key evidence at the Avery salvage yard.
“Neither plaintiff nor any other law enforcement officer planted evidence or in any other way attempted to frame Avery or Dassey for Halbach’s murder,” the lawsuit states, according to The Wrap.
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“Despite overwhelming evidence proving Avery and Dassey’s guilt and the utter absence of evidence supporting defendant’s accusations of police misconduct, defendants falsely led viewers to the inescapable conclusion that plaintiff and others planted evidence to frame Avery for Halbach’s murder.”
Netflix has declined to comment on the lawsuit, while Ricciardi and Demos have not yet commented.
The case of Teresa Halbach's murder, as well as the appeal to free Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey, is something that could be further explored in a third season of the show.
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With a number of new potential suspects and Kathleen Zellner's ongoing efforts to prove Avery innocent (only yesterday, she announced plans to examine bones in the Manitowoc County gravel pit in the hopes of proving that's where Halbach's body was burned initially, before her bones were later transferred to the Avery residence), there's certainly plenty of scope for another run.
Making a Murderer Part 1 and 2 are available on Netflix.
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