Ex-Netflix VP Sues Over $1.1 Million Job Loss After Ketamine Therapy Disclosure
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Updated · Benzinga · Jul 27
Ex-Netflix VP Sues Over $1.1 Million Job Loss After Ketamine Therapy Disclosure
3 articles · Updated · Benzinga · Jul 27
Summary
Kevin Baillie, former vice president of Netflix-owned Eyeline Studios, sued Netflix alleging wrongful termination after losing his $1.1 million-a-year role and up to one year of severance.
January 2026 retreat disclosures sit at the center of the case: Baillie says he revealed physician-supervised ketamine therapy for depression during a company “Vulnerability-Trust exercise,” then faced an internal probe in March and was fired the next month.
The complaint says a Netflix investigator treated the disclosure as possible recreational drug use, and alleges a Netflix attorney later acknowledged that “the ketamine therapy issue has factored into the termination.”
Baillie also claims Netflix applied a double standard by scrutinizing his profanity and alcohol use at the retreat while Eyeline CEO Jeff Shapiro allegedly encouraged a workplace drinking culture; Netflix did not immediately comment.