In May 2022, millions of people, including at least 250,000 Indiana residents were able to view "Our Father" on Netflix's streaming platform. The Plaintiffs' names were displayed, and they were identified as Secret Children. The social media posts embedded links to segments of the documentary. The three Plaintiffs communicated to Defendants that they did not have their permission to disclose their names in the documentary.Īpproximately a year later, in April 2022, the Defendants shared a trailer of the documentary to millions on their social media accounts. You will not be identified (unless you've already given us explicit permission to do so…." (the 'Non-Identification Pledge')." The "Defendants made clear to the Secret Children that no Secret Child would be identified in the documentary without his or her explicit consent." In April 2021, the Defendants sent a written statement to Doe and Roe, which read in part: "I know that some of you were more comfortable than others being involved…. However, some of the Secret Children, including the Plaintiffs, expressed concerns with being included in the documentary. Defendants offered them "the opportunity to discuss being on camera for documentary and to submit photos." In 2020, the Defendants contacted some of the Secret Children, including Jacoba Ballard ("Ballard"). This created a media frenzy surrounding Dr. Thereafter, national news outlets reported on Dr. Local news outlets investigated and reported on the story. They reported him to local news outlets, government agencies, and the like. Some of the Secret Children were rightly eager for answers and wanted to expose Dr. This information was kept secured to a limited number of persons, namely, certain of the biological half siblings, through passwords and other means."… Only, "ertain of Plaintiff's biological half siblings were able to see identit through the DNA website. The Plaintiffs held this information in close confidence. It was not until 2019 that the Plaintiffs made the same discovery after submitting their DNA samples to another online testing service. Cline's secret was not discovered until 2015 after some took at-home DNA tests through an online testing service. Cline inseminated many of his female patients with his own semen, ultimately, fathering approximately ninety-four (94) children (the "Secret Children").
Individuals hoping to one day have children, but who for whatever reasons could not naturally conceive them, entrusted fertility specialist Dr. Netflix, Inc., decided yesterday by Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt (S.D.
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