Exclusive: Ava DuVernay had a lot to say in the Emmy-winning When They See Us about the harm heaped on the so-called Central Park 5. Now she is speaking out about the settlement she and Netflix reached with the former prosecutor in that travesty of justice.

“After years of legal wrangling and millions of dollars spent, [former prosecutor Linda Fairstein] walked away with no payment to her or her lawyers of any kind, rather than face cross examination before a New York jury as to her conduct and character,” the Array founder told Deadline today of the end of the four-year defamation suit that was set for trial to start on June 10. “I believe that Linda Fairstein was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the Central Park Jogger case that resulted in the wrongful conviction of five innocent Black and Brown boys,” she bluntly said.

She added: “In the days leading up to her defamation trial,...