Netflix has reportedly settled a lawsuit with Nona Gaprindashvili, the chess champion and grand master who sued the streamer over their Emmy-winning series.
the female chess champion and grand master who sued the streaming platform over a line of dialogue inIn September of last year, Gaprindashvili filed suit after being name-checked in the finale ofNetflix’s Emmy-winning limited series about fictional female chess champ Beth Harmon, played byWhile Beth Harmon is competing in a 1968 tournament in Moscow, a chess commentator compares the fictional Harmon to real-life Gaprindashvili, calling Gaprindashvili the “female world champion” and saying that...
In her lawsuit, the 80-year-old Gaprindashvili said that by 1968 she “had competed against at least 59 male chess players ” over the course of her historic career which saw her become the . The suit continued, calling Netflix’s assertion that Gaprindashvili never faced men “manifestly false, as well as being grossly sexist and belittling.” In an interview withas “an insulting experience,” saying “this is my entire life that has been crossed out, as though it is not important.
, Netflix and representatives for Gaprindashvili were “working with the Ninth Circuit mediator to explore settlement.”said, “I am pleased that the matter has been resolved,” but declined to say how the case was resolved and whether Gaprindashvili received any money in the settlement. Netflix echoed Rufus-Isaacs statement, saying that it was “pleased that the matter has been resolved.”
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