Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over its docuseries revisiting "America's Next Top Model," according to legal documents filed Saturday.
The suit centers on the docuseries "Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model," in which Banks participated. According to the lawsuit, Netflix used only about 16 minutes of an interview that lasted more than three hours and edited the footage to support what the filing calls a false and defamatory narrative.
The complaint alleges that through selective editing and the omission of context, the docuseries portrayed Banks as having knowingly allowed a contestant to be sexually assaulted on the show, exploited that contestant's trauma for ratings, and been unable to recall the incident when asked. Banks disputes that characterization, according to the filing.
Banks created and hosted "America's Next Top Model," which ran for years across broadcast and cable and became one of the defining reality competition series of its era. The Netflix docuseries is part of a wave of projects re-examining reality television of the 2000s and the treatment of its participants.
Netflix has not publicly responded to the lawsuit. The details of the complaint come from the legal filing as reported, and the claims have not been tested in court.
This is a developing story.
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