Arts & Entertainment
Netflix, 'Making A Murderer' Filmmakers Sued For Defamation
Manitowoc County Detective Andrew Colborn says the documentary was edited to make it look like he planted evidence to frame Steven Avery.
MADISON, WI — A former detective is suing the filmmakers who produced the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" alleging the documentary defamed him.
WBAY-TV reports that former Manitowoc County Sheriff's Detective Andrew Colborn filed the lawsuit Monday against filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos as well as Netflix.
Colborn helped convict Steven Avery in the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. The 2015 "Making a Murderer" series documents the case.
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Colborn contends the series was edited to make viewers think he and others planted evidence to frame Avery.
Online court records didn't list Netflix's attorneys as of late Monday afternoon. A message left in the company's general media email inbox wasn't immediately returned. An email left with Ricciardi and Demos' media relations service wasn't immediately returned, either.
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Photo: In this March 13, 2007 file photo, Steven Avery listens to testimony in the courtroom at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)