A Miami judge dropped a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a Colombian media personality claiming Netflix’s “Narcos” series improperly borrowed details from her memoir about her affair and other dealings with Medellin cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith granted summary judgment for the defendants, concluding similarities in two scenes cited by Virginia Vallejo were nonprotectable facts, expression and themes.

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