Woman Awarded $385K After Netflix Doc Reveals Her as Secret Child of Disgraced Fertility Doctor
Netflix has been ordered to pay $385,000 to a woman who was identified as the secret child of Dr. Donald Cline, a fertility doctor who secretly fathered 94 children.
This followed a lawsuit in which she claimed that the documentary Our Father, which detailed Cline’s actions, caused her emotional distress and reputational harm by exposing her identity without her consent.
The woman, one of the children fathered by Cline, argued that the documentary violated her privacy and led to significant trauma.