Nona Gaprindashvili, a Soviet-era chess grandmaster from Georgia, speaks during an interview in Tbilisi, Georgia in May 10, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a US$5mil (RM21mil) defamation suit against Netflix, saying her depiction in the hit TV show The Queen's Gambit was "sexist and belittling".
A copy of the lawsuit filed Thursday (Sept 16) with a California court accuses Netflix of distorting Gaprindashvili's achievements in the fictional series.
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