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UNITED STATES <strong>Netflix sued over hit series</strong> A Georgian former chess world champion’s US$5 million lawsuit against Netflix is to go ahead after she claimed she was defamed in an episode of The Queen’s Gambit, a Los Angeles judge has ruled. Chess grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, 80, filed a suit in September last year saying that a line in the series in which a character says she had “never faced men” in her career was “grossly sexist and belittling.” Gaprin...

Soviet chess master Nona Gaprindashvili took issue with a line in Netflix mini series The Queens Gambit in which a character stated falsely that she had never faced men. Gaprindashvili argued that the line was grossly sexist and belittling.

Nona Gaprindashvili, who rose to prominence as a chess player in the Soviet Union in the 1960s, sued Netflix in federal court in September. She took issue

A request by Netflix to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess master who alleged that she was defamed in an episode of the Emmy winning show The Queens Gambit, has been refused.

A judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess master who...

The lawsuit is based mainly on a single line of text from the Netflix show that allegedly mischaracterizes the plaintiff.

Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili had filed a case against streaming giant last year in September.

Netflix will continue to face 'The Queen's Gambit' lawsuit from Georgian chess master Nona Gaprindashvili

Lawyers say the fictional show tarnished the reputation of chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili.

A request by Netflix to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess master who alleged that she was defamed in an episode of the Emmy winning show The Queen