The team behind the controversial docuseries was criticized for using unethical journalistic practices to advance a deceptive narrative that suggested the subjects' illnesses were psychosomatic.
have settled a suit brought by subjects of the docuseries who said they were defamed when the show misrepresented their chronic illnesses.
Both sides moved to drop the suit, according to a request for dismissal filed on June 6. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed.from Netflix and Doc Shop Productions to overturn a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge’s order declining to dismiss the suit. The subjects sued in 2019 alleging they were “duped into participating in a salacious reality television program that questioned the existence of chronic illnesses” and portrayed them as “lazy, crazy, hypochondriacs.
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