Tyra Banks Sues Netflix over Portrayal in 'America's Next Top Model' Docuseries
Banks says Netflix cut a 3.5-hour interview to 16 minutes and used the footage to imply she allowed sexual assault on her show.
- Tyra Banks, 52, filed a lawsuit against Netflix on Saturday, accusing the streamer of defamation and manipulating interviews in the documentary Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model to support a false narrative.
- Banks claims she provided a three-and-a-half-hour interview for the documentary, which producers cut to about 16 minutes; the lawsuit alleges this footage was reassembled to fabricate a narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed.
- The lawsuit highlights an incident involving contestant Shandi Sullivan, claiming producers manipulated footage to suggest Banks forgot the event; unedited full footage shows Banks nodding and saying, "I do remember her story."
- Seeking a jury trial, Banks requests an appropriate amount of punitive damages from Netflix, Blocks Holdings, EverWonder Studio, Netflix Music, and co-directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan for false light and breach of contract.
- Banks participated in the documentary because she believed viewers deserved a candid conversation about the show's legacy, successes, and shortcomings, the lawsuit states; Netflix has not publicly addressed the legal complaint.
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Tyra Banks sues Netflix over America's Next Top Model doc
Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the makers of its docuseries Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, alleging that producers used selective editing to create a false narrative about her.
Tyra Banks was rooting for Netflix. Now, she's suing them over 'America's Next Top Model' doc
Tyra Banks is suing Netflix over the docuseries 'Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model,' claiming that surgical and manipulative editing painted the former supermodel in a negative light.
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