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Tyra Banks Is Suing Netflix for Defamation. The Odds Are Against Her
Banks says Netflix edited 3.5 hours of interview footage into 16 minutes to create a false and defamatory narrative, court documents say.
- Former supermodel Tyra Banks sued Netflix for defamation on Tuesday, alleging its docuseries Reality Check manipulated her interview footage to construct a false narrative about the reality show's legacy.
- Court documents obtained by CBC News allege Banks participated in a three-and-a-half-hour interview, but producers edited her words down to 16 minutes to support a "false and defamatory narrative" that excluded her accountability.
- The lawsuit claims producers asked about contestant Shandi Sullivan without mentioning sexual assault allegations, prompting Banks to respond "Um." Sullivan described the incident as a sexual assault, while the show framed it as infidelity.
- Banks is seeking an injunction to bar the use of her image for the series' soundtrack, which was released earlier this year; Reality Check achieved significant viewership on Netflix according to Variety.
- The docuseries examined controversies including Blackface photoshoots and received mixed reviews; writer Amil Niazi told CBC Radio's Commotion that the production offered little more than a "watery mea culpa.
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Los Angeles., Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of his docuserie Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, alleging that producers cut off hours of interview recordings to build a false narrative.
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Tyra Banks sues Netflix over America's Next Top Model docuseries
Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of its docuseries Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, alleging that the producers stripped down hours of interview footage to construct a false narrative.
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