Netflix sued by Making a Murderer’s Manitowoc County cops after accusing them of planting fake evidence to convict Steven Avery

NETFLIX and the team behind Making A Murderer are being sued for defamation by Manitowoc County cops.

Yesterday former police sergeant Andrew Colburn filed a lawsuit against the streaming service, as well as filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, at the Manitowoc County circuit court.

He claims that the true crime series wrongfully accused him of framing Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for Teresa Halbach’s murder, by suggesting he planted evidence at the Avery salvage yard.

The lawsuit states: “Neither plaintiff nor any other law enforcement officer planted evidence or in any other way attempted to frame Avery or Dassey for Halbach’s murder.

“Despite overwhelming evidence proving Avery and Dassey’s guilt and the utter absence of evidence supporting defendant’s accusations of police misconduct, defendants falsely led viewers to the inescapable conclusion that plaintiff and others planted evidence to frame Avery for Halbach’s murder.”

Netflix has declined to comment on the lawsuit, while Ricciardi and Demos have not yet commented, according to The Wrap.

Yesterday Avery’s lawyer revealed she is just days away from filing papers that will prove her client’s innocent in the murder case that has gripped the world.

Making A Murderer’s second season burst onto Netflix in October, furthering the story of allegedly wrongfully convicted Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey in 2005.

The pair were found guilty of murdering 25-year-old Teresa Halbach in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Avery’s lawyer Kathleen Zellner says there’s much more to the story and has pointed the finger at Dassey’s brother Bobby as a new suspect.

The 61-year-old is now preparing a new 22,000 page document to submit to the appellate court by Thursday, which she claims contains all the proof why Avery should be released.

Zellner told OK! Magazine: “You must, if you can, create reasonable doubt by having an alternative theory that matches the evidence.

“That’s when you’re most likely to win a murder case.

“Just this week we got a tip that was just jaw-dropping. Like, woah, somebody actually knows this. We’re getting close.”

Yesterday, the high flying attorney tweeted that she is announcing a new “important development” in the case some time Monday.

Last month, she dropped a bombshell in a 20-tweet thread saying: “Making a Murderer watchers, listen up.

“I’m going to walk you through what I’ve learned through my investigation that you didn’t see in the show.’”

In her thread she said that victim Halbach, a photographer for Auto Trader, called the Dassey landline to ask for directions to the Avery Salvage Yard (ASY) on October 31, 2005.

Zellner added to OK!: “My goal is to not just to find the constitutional violation to get Steven Avery a new trial, because many people are convicted again in their second trial. I am trying to get the evidence to what I believe is the truth of what happened, so that there won’t BE another trial.”

Steven Avery was caged after his blood was found in Halbach’s car, linking him to the murder.

He and Brendan Dassey are currently serving life sentences.

Zellner claimed the suspect knew Avery’s finger was bleeding “because he observed it” and had access to his trailer to remove blood from the sink and plant it in Halbach’s car.

She added the suspect planted the human bones and electronics in Avery’s burn barrel.

‘In conclusion, the killer is the person who had the access and opportunity to plant Steven Avery’s fresh blood in Teresa Halbach’s car,’ she said in her tweets, opening up a Q&A session with fans.

Replying to fans’ questions, she refused to “rule out” Brendan’s brother Bobby as a suspect.

“Do you think it was Bobby?” one fan asked.

Zellner cooly replied: ‘We cannot rule him out’ adding that his garage is being searched for DNA and blood.

While some Twitter fans believed the new theory that Bobby was behind the killings, others had doubts.

“I fully believe Bobby killed Theresa & for whatever reason Scott was involved in cover-up.

“However, is it really believable that either would realistically remember Steven Avery’s finger bleeding & think to take Steven Avery’s blood from the sink?” one user asked.

Zellner replied: “Of course. The police had just been on the property and he would have been panicked to divert attention from himself.”

Season 3 of the Netflix true crime series has not yet been announced.