The courtroom time table has been set for Nick Ut’s defamation lawsuit in France towards Netflix and the VII Basis over claims made in The Stringer documentary.

There used to be a listening to in Tarascon — town in southern France the place the lawsuit used to be filed — on Friday. In step with a record by way of TV5 Monde, noticed by way of Réponses Photograph, the case can be heard throughout February and March 2027.

Ut’s legal professional, Martin Pradel, tells AFP that the assertions and accusations made in The Stringer have brought about “in particular severe injury to the dignity, skilled integrity, and popularity of Nick Ut, by the use of a tale broadcast international greater than 50 years after the details.” The legal professional for Netflix has no longer commented.

French Prison Case

As PetaPixel reported in March, Ut filed for public defamation underneath France’s Press Legislation of 1881. He is looking for €100,000 Euros ($117,000) in damages and €20,000 ($23,000). Ut says that he plans to donate the reimbursement cash to charity.

“Ever for the reason that VII Basis and Netflix launched a movie claiming that I didn’t take the ‘Napalm Lady’ {photograph}, and that I’ve been mendacity about it for greater than 50 years, it has brought about nice ache to me and my circle of relatives,” Ut mentioned in a remark when the lawsuit used to be introduced. “Those accusations strike on the very core of who I’m. My whole occupation has been constructed on telling the reality, ceaselessly at nice non-public chance.”

Underneath French legislation, an individual can also be immediately summoned to courtroom by way of somebody who believes they’re a sufferer of an offense with out a prior investigation by way of a Justice of the Peace. Portions of the movie had been filmed in France, and the VII Basis has an place of job no longer a ways from the place the courtroom case is going down.

Divisions

Formally titled The Stringer: The Guy Who Took the Photograph, the documentary dropped on Netflix international in November closing yr. It has brought about a sensation within the photojournalism neighborhood ever because it used to be first introduced, with many break up over who or what to imagine. Global Press Photograph suspended Ut’s credit score at the iconic picture within the ensuing fallout.

The Related Press, the company Ut labored for for many of his occupation, mentioned it’ll proceed to credit score him, however recognizes that “it’s unimaginable to end up precisely what took place that day, at the street or within the place of job, greater than 50 years in the past.”

PetaPixel printed an in-depth take a look at the entire claims and characters within the documentary right here.

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