Linda Fairstein, the former prosecutor linked to the Central Park Five case, has reached a settlement in her defamation lawsuit against Netflix and director Ava DuVernay concerning the 2019 docuseries "When They See Us.

A former prosecutor in the Central Park Five case has resigned from at least two nonprofit boards as backlash intensified following the release of the Netflix series “When They See Us,” a miniseries that dramatizes the events surrounding the trial. The president of Vassar College confirmed her resignation.