Netflix has been ordered to pay $385,000 to a woman who was revealed as the secret daughter of a fertility doctor in the documentary “Our Father.”
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Netflix has been ordered to pay $385,000 to a woman who was revealed as the daughter of Donald Cline, the former fertility doctor who secretly used his own sperm to inseminate patients.
Lori Kennard sued the streaming giant in 2022 over the documentary “Our Father,” claiming she was exposed without her consent as one of Cline’s secret children. Kennard’s lawyers argued that the documentary’s producers had promised anonymity to the doctor’s secret children who did not want to be identified.
The complaint stated that Kennard suffered “severe damage” to her reputation due to her appearance in the documentary. According to the complaint, she was also identified in social media posts promoting the show.
The documentary “Our Father” explores the case of the fertility doctor who, in the 1970s and 1980s, secretly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of patients at his clinic without their knowledge.
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