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Woman Wins $8.5M After Netflix Defamation | Texas News
A San Antonio woman won a landmark $8.5 million verdict after a jury found a Netflix documentary defamed her, falsely painting her as exploiting an elderly man with dementia — a claim she proved false. The 2020 “Dirty Money” special, “Guardianship Inc.,” targeted Tonya Barina, a guardian who sued over damaging portrayals by former attorney Phil Ross and Jo Ann Rivera. Netflix settled before trial, but the jury still held Ross 30% responsible and Netflix 27%, awarding $6 million in actual damages and nearly $2.5 million in punitive damages. Ross got $1 million, Rivera $200K, and Laura Martinez…
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