Sofia Vergara and Netflix sued by family of Griselda Blanco ahead of miniseries about drug lord
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Sofia Vergara and Netflix are being sued by the family of Griselda Blanco, the Colombian drug lord that Vergara portrays in an upcoming miniseries on the streaming network. Blanco's son, Michael Corleone Blanco, is one of the plaintiffs who filed the suit in a Miami-Dade County Court last week.
According to court documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight, the family says they did not authorize the use of their images and want to block the series from airing.
Blanco, who is listed as Michael Sepulvedablanco in the lawsuit, says since 2009, he has been giving interviews to people who are interested in developing productions about his mother's life. Dubbed the "Cocaine Godmother," Blanco ran a successful drug ring in Miami. She was killed in Colombia in 2012.
