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Two South Florida officers sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon over The Rip

moviesMay 11, 2026873

Jonathan Santana and Jason Smith sued Ben Affleck and Matt Damon over the Netflix film The Rip, saying the movie used real-case details and made the deputies look like 'dirty cops.' The Rip stars Affleck and Damon as South Florida police officers who find millions of dollars inside a house, and the plaintiffs say specific facts in the film mirror their drug-bust operation. Santana and Smith say the depiction harmed their personal and professional reputations and filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade court seeking damages. The suit matters because it tests how much filmmakers can fictionalize real law-enforcement events and could influence future portrayals of policing in major movies.

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