Tyra Banks Sues Netflix for Defamation, Alleges ‘Surgical Manipulation’ of Her ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’ Interview

By Jack Dunn

Jack Dunn

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Tyra Banks sued Netflix on Saturday for defamation, claiming her testimony was manipulated for the streamer’s recent “America’s Next Top Model” docuseries.

Banks is suing Netflix, 89 Blocks Holdings, EverWonder Studio, Netflix Music and co-directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan for false light, defamation by implication, breach of contract and false endorsement. According to the lawsuit, obtained by Variety, Banks’ lawyers claim the former “ANTM” host gave “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” a “three-and-a-half-hour” interview, only to have it cut down to “about 16 minutes.” What was left, according to the suit, was “reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed.” It added that the “accountability Ms. Banks took” for some of the show’s shortcomings “ended up on the cutting room floor.”

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