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Netflix Gets Mixed Verdict in Invasion of Privacy Trial Over ‘Our Father’ Documentary

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Winston Cho
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Netflix hit with mixed verdict in privacy lawsuit over 'Our Father' doc that exposed fertility doctor's deceitful practices
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  • A woman awarded $385,000 for invasion of privacy after her name was briefly shown in the doc, but another woman's lawsuit was dismissed as she had previously disclosed her connection to the doctor
  • The doc explored former fertility doctor Donald Cline, who secretly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of patients without their knowledge in the 1970s and 80s, leading to at least 94 children being fathered by him
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