Two Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies, Jonathan Santana and Jason Smith, file a defamation lawsuit against Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and their production company, Artists Equity, over Netflix’s crime drama “The Rip.” The deputies say the film’s depiction of law enforcement and specific details are close enough to their real-life conduct that it harms their personal and professional reputations, including by portraying them as “dirty cops.” The lawsuit centers on “The Rip,” which is presented as a dramatization of a real 2016 drug operation involving a private residence in Miami Lakes. Reporting referenced in multiple articles describes the incident as a raid that recovered about $24 million in cash. According to coverage, the plaintiffs seek defamation damages and argue the movie uses too many real-life elements in its fictionalized narrative. Other outlets describe the movie as following two Miami-Dade officers who discover cartel money during a raid and includes allegations of corruption within the department. The defendants are not described as having responded in the accounts summarized here.