Sean Penn and Netflix Go to War Over El Chapo Series Brian Gallagher - TVweb
go to original October 21, 2017

The Day I Met El Chapo | Official Trailer (Netflix)

The Netflix documentary series The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story is currently available for streaming, but actor Sean Penn has been fighting the streaming service to make some big changes to the episodes as they are being presented now. Penn's lawyers claim the actor may face bodily harm if the three-episode series continues airing as is. And they demand that Netflix alter their content as it's currently being presented. The docu-series debuted on the streaming service today, now available without these changes that the actor's lawyers requested. The lawyers drafted a letter stating that Netflix is, "hereby on notice that blood will be on their hands if this film causes bodily harm."

The documentary series tells the biographical account of Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, and her meeting with one of the most wanted men in the world, drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, a.k.a. El Chapo. The three-part series tells Kate's side of the story using never-before-seen footage and exclusive details of what led to the infamous meeting between one of the world's most notorious drug lords, a Hollywood star (Sean Penn) and one of Mexico's most famous television actresses.

Sean Penn ended up writing a now-infamous article for Rolling Stone, recounting his meeting with El Chapo and Kate del Castillo, which was published just one day after El Chapo was captured. Sean Penn did not participate in the Netflix documentary series, which is largely told from Kate del Castillo's perspective, but it reportedly implies that Sean Penn actually assisted the U.S. Department of Justice in their apprehension of El Chapo, which the actor's lawyers assert could lead to bodily harm for Sean Penn.Here's what Mark Fabiani, a spokesperson for Sean Penn, had to say in an email to Netflix.

"It is reprehensible that, in their ongoing, relentless efforts to gain additional attention and publicity, Ms. del Castillo and her team (who have zero firsthand knowledge) have sought to create this profoundly false, foolish, and reckless narrative. The notion that Mr. Penn or anyone on his behalf alerted D.O.J. to the trip is a complete fabrication and baldfaced lie. It never happened, nor would there have been any reason for it to have happened."

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Related: Kate del Castillo on Sean Penn’s Participation in El Chapo Doc: “Sorry, Sean. Too Late.” (ABC Radio)

Related: Sean Penn Does Not Want You to Watch Netflix’s ‘The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story’

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