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New Lawsuit Over Meek Mill Documentary
A former Philadelphia police officer has sued claiming she was defamed in a documentary about rapper Meek Mill's high-profile clashes with the city's legal system. Ex-police officer Sequeta Williams filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging she was defamed in an episode of Free Meek, the documentary series that was made available on Amazon Prime last year. The complaint lists Amazon, Jay-Z and his entertainment company Roc Nation, rapper Meek Mill (a/k/a Robert Rihmeek Williams) and Rolling Stone publisher Wenner Media as defendants. Williams v. Williams, 2:2020cv00122 (E.D.Pa.).
According to the 33-page complaint, which Philadelphia attorney Steven Marino of Marino & Associates filed in January, the problematic area in the documentary occurred when a photograph of Sequeta Williams appeared while Defender Association of Philadelphia attorney Bradley Bridge and a journalist from Rolling Stone spoke about a list of allegedly problematic police officers that the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office maintains. The so-called "Do Not Call" list includes names of officers who prosecutors don't use as witnesses because their testimony is believed to be unreliable.
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