Backed against the wall, Netflix wants a Texas District Attorney stopped from hitting the streamer with child pornography charges over the coming-of-age drama Cuties. “Netflix brings this Com…
“This one prosecutor —out of all the prosecutors in America— has indicted Netflix not just once but five times,” the complaint adds.”Each indictment violates the United States Constitution and comes in retaliation against Netflix’s exercising its First Amendment rights to free speech and to petition the government for redress.
In a quick response, a Netflix spokesperson said “Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children.” They added, “This charge is without merit and we stand by the film. Since then the two sides have battled back and forth, with Babin suddenly bringing new child porn indictments down this week just as Netflix was trying to get the matter tossed out of state court.Cuties
focuses on the tale of an 11-year-old Senegalese-French girl who is battling with her tradition Muslim family and her dance troupe friends. The movie launched on Netflix on September 9, 2020.. Self-described “inappropriate artwork” was used by Netflix on the promotion poster and other material for the film. Under online and cultural siege, in August 2020 Netflix said: “It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which premiered at Sundance.