Texas Grand Jury Lays Down the Law, Indicts Netflix for ‘Cuties’ Movie

Previously we reported on a new movie pushed by Netflix causing a chain reaction of Conservatives to cancel their accounts as many prominent Democrats defended the film. Many called it borderline child pornography. Previously we reported:

The backlash against Netflix and their new movie “Cuties” has been swift after a poster depicted four 11-year old girls wearing revealing outfits and posing in various sexually suggestive positions.

The name of the movie is currently trending on Twitter with over 80k tweets. People on both sides of the political aisle have expressed their outrage.

It is so revealing that the first major @netflix original to centre young Black girls hinges on explicitly sexualising 11 year old children. Whether it’s acting or music, a sexualised image is too often the price of mainstream success for Black women & girls. Disgraceful.

Now it is being reported that a grand jury is Texas in criminally indicting Netflix for their behavior. What exactly this will mean for the employees of the company and the filmmakers is unclear. NBC reported in part:

Netflix is now facing a criminal charge in the ongoing backlash over “Cuties,” a French film centered around a 11-year-old girl living in Paris who wants to join a local “free-spirited dance crew.”

A grand jury indictment for promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child was filed on September 23 in Tyler County, Texas, according to Texas Rep. Matt Schaefer.NBC News obtained a copy of the indictment Tuesday, confirming Schaefer’s tweet.

The indictment states that Netflix promoted, distributed and exhibited material which “depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a clothed or partially clothed child who was younger than 18 years of age” for the “prurient interest in sex.” It also states that the material held no serious “literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”

Netflix, Inc. indicted by grand jury in Tyler Co., Tx for promoting material in Cuties film which depicts lewd exhibition of pubic area of a clothed or partially clothed child who was younger than 18 yrs of age which appeals to the prurient interest in sex #Cuties #txlege pic.twitter.com/UJ1hY8XJ2l

— Matt Schaefer (@RepMattSchaefer) October 6, 2020

Previously Senator Cruz (R-TX) has called for the company to be held accountable as well as Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). Time will tell if other jurisdictions follow suit and prove to the Netflix executives that they are indeed, not above the law.