Streaming service Netflix has announced that its upcoming controversial Madeleine McCann documentary series will be released tomorrow (Friday, March 15).
Netflix commissioned the series, The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, in 2017, but its release was delayed due to key people involved in the investigation not wanting to appear on camera. Madeleine vanished from her hotel in the resort of Praia da Luz in Portugal in May 2007, while on holiday with her family.
Parents of Madeleine, Kate and Gerry have refused to take part in the documentary – neither will the friends who were in Portugal with them when Madeleine vanished, dubbed ‘The Tapas 7.’
In a statement last week the McCanns said the Netflix film could ‘potentially hinder’ the ongoing police investigation.
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The production company told us that they were making the documentary and asked us to participate.
We did not see – and still do not see – how this programme will help the search for Madeleine and, particularly given there is an active police investigation, it could potentially hinder it.
Consequently, our views and preferences are not reflected in the programme.
Former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral has reportedly given an interview to the filmmakers.
And McCann lawyers are said to be ‘closely watching’ what Amaral will say in relation to Madeleine’s disappearance.
Kate and Gerry sued Amaral for defamation after he wrote a damning book, claiming Madeleine died in an accident and her parents covered it up.
