Netflix scraps film version of Sebold book after rape conviction overturned

The book's publisher says it has no plans to update the book after the rape conviction at the heart of the 1999 memoir was overturned.

Author Alice Sebold pictured in Dublin. Picture: Billy Higgins

Plans to adapt Alice Sebold’s memoir Lucky, about her rape as an 18-year-old, have been dropped, according to Variety.

The news comes after the rape conviction at the heart of the 1999 memoir was overturned last week.