He disclosed ketamine therapy in a trust exercise. Netflix fired him.
He disclosed ketamine therapy in a trust exercise. Ellsworth Toohey 2:21 pm Wed Aug 5, 2026 Netflix ketamine lawsuit — Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Netflix billed the January retreat as a "Vulnerability-Trust exercise," held at Sendero Ranch, a company property in Northern California. Kevin Baillie, then head of creative at Netflix's Eyeline Studios, used his turn to disclose that he'd taken supervised ketamine at a Santa Barbara clinic in late 2022 to treat clinical depression after his mother's death.
- ▪He disclosed ketamine therapy in a trust exercise.
- ▪Ellsworth Toohey 2:21 pm Wed Aug 5, 2026 Netflix ketamine lawsuit — Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Netflix billed the January retreat as a "Vulnerability-Trust exercise," held at Sendero Ranch, a company property in Northern
- ▪Kevin Baillie, then head of creative at Netflix's Eyeline Studios, used his turn to disclose that he'd taken supervised ketamine at a Santa Barbara clinic in late 2022 to treat clinical depression after his mother's death.
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He disclosed ketamine therapy in a trust exercise. Netflix fired him. Ellsworth Toohey 2:21 pm Wed Aug 5, 2026 Netflix ketamine lawsuit — Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Netflix billed the January retreat as a "Vulnerability-Trust exercise," held at Sendero Ranch, a company property in Northern California. Kevin Baillie, then head of creative at Netflix's Eyeline Studios, used his turn to disclose that he'd taken supervised ketamine at a Santa Barbara clinic in late 2022 to treat clinical depression after his mother's death. He was fired in April and is now suing, reports the Independent. The lawsuit says Netflix opened an inquiry into the disclosure, and that an investigator's questions implied recreational drug use.
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