A Netflix government was fired from his $1.1 million a 12 months job after revealing throughout a “belief train” at a piece retreat that he had taken medically prescribed ketamine, a lawsuit has claimed.
Kevin Baillie, who was vice chairman and head of artistic at Eyeline Studios, is suing the corporate after they launched an investigation into his feedback that in the end led to his firing, the papers say.
Baillie, who’s been on the visible results group for “Pirates of the Caribbean” and the “Harry Potter” franchises, says he took the drug underneath medical supervision in October and November of 2022 at a Santa Barbara clinic.
He sought the therapy for scientific despair after the dying of his mom, in accordance with the swimsuit.
Throughout what’s referred to as a “Vulnerability-Belief train” at a January 2026 retreat on the unique Sendero Ranch, a Northern California property owned by Netflix, Baillie shared along with his colleagues that he had undergone the therapy, the swimsuit says.
Baillie claims he defined the explanation why he had taken the drug however was investigated by Netflix. On March 18, 2026 an organization investigator introduced the incident up, “in a way suggesting suspicion of leisure drug use,” the swimsuit reads.
The manager was fired in April with the corporate’s legal professional confirming “the ketamine remedy subject has factored into the termination,” the papers say, and go on to counsel Baille was denied as much as a 12 months of severance pay.
Baillie says within the lawsuit the “scope” of the investigation associated to alleged profanity and consuming. He has been warned throughout his efficiency evaluate that he ought to “drop one or two much less f-bombs however don’t cease totally.”
It goes on to say that on the similar retreat Baillie drank a Guinness standing on his head, after sharing that he had discovered the trick from his former father in legislation throughout a dialog impressed by the belief session.
“His colleague instantly requested for an indication, moderately than withhold the openness that the session had inspired, he carried out the trick,” the papers say.
Baille additionally paints an image of an allegedly alcohol-fueled firm setting inspired by the Eyeline Studios CEO Jeff Shapiro.
Throughout two firm outings “Shapiro bought beer at a nook retailer and introduced it into the car for the group to share,” the swimsuit says.
Along with internet hosting a number of events, Shapiro additionally had a private bar in his workplace “from which he served alcohol (to Baille) together with after a profitable assembly with Netflix’s CEO Ted Sanandos,” in accordance with the papers.
Baillie is asking for a jury path, compensatory damages, misplaced wages, damages for emotional misery, and punitive damages.
Netflix and Eyeline had been contacted for remark.
