The dream of many became the nightmare of a young man. Yes, we are talking about the dream of becoming famous by appearing in a movie, because for a young resident of Kentucky, United States, it was the worst thing that could happen in his life. His experience was so bad that he sued Netflix.
This is Taylor Hazlewood, who became very popular because her photo appeared in a Netflix documentary whose plot focused on the life of a murderer, but Taylor had nothing to do with it, so this greatly affected her life personal and professional.
It all started when Taylor received messages and calls from her friends to question her appearance in the documentary. The Ax Backpackerso the 27-year-old man wanted to know what his friends meant.
The boy had no idea what it was about until he realized that one of his photographs appeared in a series of flashes with which they illustrated the production about the murderer Caleb Lawrence “Kai” McGillvary, who was arrested in 2016.
It is for this reason that Taylor sued the company for defamation and misuse of his photograph, which he had taken and posted on Instagram in 2019, three years before the documentary was released.
According to Taylor’s account, since his photo appeared on the Netflix tape, he has had to explain to his friends and people in general that he is not involved in the crime and that it was all a mistake in documentary editing.
It should be noted that the murderer spoken of in the production of the platform of streaming He was a young man living on the streets who rose to fame after it was revealed that he had defended some people who were attacked by a stranger. However, his heroic action went down in history after a few days, as weeks later it was discovered that he was involved in a murder.
In the documentary, testimonies and videos are presented where the story of this “hero” is told, who ended up being a villain after becoming the main suspect in the murder of Joseph Galfy, who was found dead in his home, for which he was sentenced to 57 years in prison.
It is precisely when telling the story of the popular “Kai” McGillvary that various images were used to illustrate the documentary and, among them, Taylor’s photograph appeared.