August 19, 2021
A Massachusetts state court will hear claims that Netflix's "Varsity Blues" documentary defamed a defendant charged in the college admissions scandal and his family, after the streaming service agreed on Thursday to back off its push for federal review.
August 18, 2021
A Massachusetts federal judge hinted on Wednesday that defamation claims leveled against Netflix by a "Varsity Blues" parent's water polo-playing son could survive the streaming service's dismissal bid, a finding that would trigger the family's request to boot the case back to state court.
July 12, 2021
A University of Southern California water polo player whose father was charged in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal told a federal judge he should be allowed to stay in his family's defamation lawsuit over a Netflix documentary that implied he's not a "real" athlete.
June 21, 2021
Netflix told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that a jurisdictional issue should not stop him from hearing and dismissing a defamation suit by a parent whose role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case was noted in a documentary on the streaming service.
June 18, 2021
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday ordered Netflix's lawyers at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to explain why they shouldn't be sanctioned for failing to follow a prior court order in a defamation suit brought by one of the parents ensnared in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.