Il Fatto Quotidiano: Due agenti di polizia di Miami fanno causa a Ben Affleck e Matt Damon: “Nel film tratto dal blitz antidroga del 2016 ci rappresentano come corrotti”

Il thriller Netflix si chiama The Rip, si ispira a un vero blitz antidroga avvenuto nel 2016 a Miami Lakes, in Florida e i protagonisti sono Matt Damon e Ben Affleck che ora finiranno in tribunale. Il motivo? Alcuni agenti coinvolti nell’operazione reale hanno infatti fatto causa alla casa di produzione dei due attori, Artists Equity, accusando il film di averli rappresentati come poliziotti corrotti.
Quello del 2016 a Miami è uno dei più grandi sequestri di denaro nella storia della polizia locale: furono trovati oltre 24 milioni di dollari nascosti dietro una parete falsa. Da quella storia è nato il film diretto da Joe Carnahan, con Damon e Affleck nei panni di due agenti della narcotici di Miami-Dade.
Secondo i detective Jonathan Santana e Jason Smith, però, la pellicola avrebbe trasformato una vera operazione di polizia in una storia di corruzione, lasciando intendere che gli agenti coinvolti fossero “dirty cops”. Santana e Smith non vengono mai nominati direttamente ma, secondo i due agenti, i dettagli, i personaggi e le dinamiche sono riconducibili a loro.
“Quando dici ‘rip’, stai dicendo che qualcuno ruba qualcosa. Noi non abbiamo rubato neanche un dollaro“, ha dichiarato Santana a 7 News Miami. L’agente ha raccontato che, dopo l’uscita del film, amici e colleghi hanno iniziato a prenderlo in giro chiedendogli “quanti secchi di soldi” avesse rubato. L’avvocato dei poliziotti, Ignacio Alvarez, attacca: “Hanno rappresentato gli agenti come corrotti. Ora la loro reputazione è danneggiata“. Gli agenti chiedono un risarcimento economico e una rettifica pubblica. Per ora né Damon né Affleck hanno commentato la causa.
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Two Miami police officers are suing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon: “In the film based on the 2016 drug raid, they portray us as corrupt.”

The Netflix thriller, titled “The Rip,” is based on a real drug raid that occurred in 2016 in Miami Lakes, Florida, and stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who will now be going to court. The reason? Some agents involved in the real operation have sued the actors’ production company, Artists Equity, accusing the film of portraying them as corrupt police officers.

The 2016 Miami operation is one of the largest seizures of money in the local police’s history: over $24 million was found hidden behind a false wall. From that story was born the film directed by Joe Carnahan, with Damon and Affleck playing the roles of two Miami-Dade narcotics agents.

However, according to detectives Jonathan Santana and Jason Smith, the film transformed a real police operation into a story of corruption, suggesting that the involved agents were “dirty cops.” Santana and Smith are never named directly, but according to the two agents, the details, characters, and dynamics are attributable to them.

“When you say ‘rip,’ you’re saying someone stole something. We didn’t steal a single dollar,” Santana told 7 News Miami. The agent explained that after the film’s release, friends and colleagues started making fun of him, asking him “how many buckets of money” he had stolen. The police officers’ lawyer, Ignacio Alvarez, attacks: “They portrayed the officers as corrupt. Now their reputation is damaged.” The agents are seeking monetary compensation and a public correction. So far, neither Damon nor Affleck has commented on the lawsuit.

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Il thriller Netflix è ispirato a un vero blitz antidroga del 2016 concluso con il sequestro di 24 milioni di dollari. Due detective accusano il film di averli fatti apparire come “poliziotti corrotti”: "La nostra reputazione è distrutta"

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