Netflix may not be the sure thing in streaming entertainment any longer, having missed its third-quarter subscription target.

What has received little attention, likely because Netflix wanted to sweep it under the rug, was a potential cause for its subscriber miss: The company faces a criminal indictment from a Texas grand jury for its sexually exploitative film, Cuties.

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