Two South Florida police sergeants are suing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's film company, claiming their recent thriller 'The Rip' used too many real-life details, harming their reputations. The lawsuit alleges defamation due to the movie's fictionalized narrative.

Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller The Rip used too many real-life details in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film-production company owned by Affleck and Damon. Court filings....