Weeks after its limited theatrical release, but just two days before its scheduled wide streaming release, the two men at the center of the film, Jürgen Mossack, and Ramón Fonseca sued Netflix on October 16, 2019, attempting to block the film's release. They argued that the film defamed them. Netflix responded the next day, calling the suit "laughable" and saying the film was "constitutionally protected speech." A Connecticut judge moved the case to California later that day and stopped an injunction, allowing the film to be released as planned.