A large court jury in Tyler County, Texas accused Netflix, which aired the award-winning French film, of promoting rude visual material depicting a child.
"The jury has sued Netflix," prosecutors said, accusing them of promoting debauchery with the movie " Cuties ."
District attorneys said the charge was based on a Texas law that makes it illegal to "knowingly promote" material depicting a child's genitals or pubic area, worn or partially clothed, and "which appeals to sex-obsessed interest and has no serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. ”
"The lawmakers of this state believe that promoting a 'dirty' material of children has devastating consequences," Lucas Babin, the district attorney, said in a statement.
Mr Babin said that after watching the film, he thought it was his duty "to call every day, to keep the community safe".
The indictment alleges that Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, Netflix chief executives, "recklessly tolerated" the distribution of the film.
Netflix said in a statement that the company stands by the film "Cuties" is against the sexualization of young children and that "this accusation is undeserved."
It is not clear exactly what punishments Mr.'s office was seeking. Babin, in her case against Netflix. The statement described the charge as a crime in a state prison.
" Cuties " tells the story of an 11-year-old girl, Amy Pason, who joins a dance troupe called "Cuties" at school and quickly becomes aware of her femininity as she grows up, creating conflicts and quarrels with her mother. .
People reacted angrily to the publication of the trailer's, but what was even more problematic done was to establish an inappropriate film poster, for which Netflix asked forgiveness.
Materials from The New York Times were used in part to make this article
