Netflix Hit With $5M Suit Over ‘Sexism’ Of ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Line About Soviet Chess Legend

Poised to win big at this weekend’s 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, The Queen’s Gambit is now a pawn in a legal game. Barrier breaking Soviet chess icon Nona Gaprindashvili has sued Netflix for $5 million in a defamation lawsuit over a line in the Anya Taylor-Joy starrer.