Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - American actors, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are being sued by Miami police officers over their Netflix film, “The Rip.”
The crime thriller, which was released in January, stars
Damon and Affleck as police officers in the Miami-Dade Police Department
narcotics unit. It’s inspired by the true story of the 2016 Miami Lakes
narcotics raid, which became the largest
money seizure in Miami-Dade history after police seized more than $24 million
in cash.
According to 7 News Miami, multiple police officers involved
in the 2016 raid are now suing Affleck and Damon through their production
company, Artists Equity. Officers claim the film unfairly damages the
reputation of the officers who were involved in the 2016 raid through its
negative depiction of them.
Jonathan Santana, a deputy for the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s
Office, told the outlet, “When you rip something, you’re stealing something. We
never stole a dollar.”
He also said that he now gets teased after the film’s
release, with people accusing him of stealing.
“Pretty much saying,
you know, how many buckets of money did I steal?” he said.
Santana’s attorney, Ignacio Alvarez, also told the outlet,
“They portrayed police officers as dirty, they portrayed my clients as dirty.
Now their reputations are hurt.”
He added, “My clients are now hurt for the rest of their
lives with everybody [perceiving] that they’re dirty.”
Page Six reached out to Affleck and Damon for comment, but
didn’t receive an immediate response.
This isn’t the first time “The Rip” — which also stars
Steven Yeun and Kyle Chandler — has ruffled feathers.
The movie was filmed primarily in Hilaleah, Florida, and
Hialeah Mayor Bryan Calvo blasted the film in January, claiming that it falsely
portrayed the city as unsafe.
“This movie is a slap in the face to our law enforcement
personnel,” he said, per 7 News Miami. “If you have never been to Hialeah, if
you live somewhere else in this country and you see this film, I wouldn’t want
to come here, and that’s a problem.”
“The real story that we saw depicted in the movie ‘Rip’ took
place in Miami Lakes,” he added
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