Netflix has moved to dismiss Tyra Banks' defamation suit targeting the streamer and its America's Next Top Model docuseries.
According to PEOPLE, Netflix, which released Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model in February, filed a motion to dismiss the suit on Friday, Aug. 14, citing that Banks' accusations are "about ordinary editorial decisions."
"After the interview, [Banks] signed an agreement granting the filmmakers the right to edit her interview footage, acknowledging she had 'no right to review or approve' the finished documentary, and releasing claims arising from it — including for defamation and false light," Netflix's motion reads.
"She now alleges the documentary…defames her — not because it says anything false about her, but because she wanted advance notice of what another interviewee would say, more of her interview included, and her perspective presented differently," the motion continued.
In June, Banks filed a defamation and "false light" lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of the docuseries. In her complaint, Banks claims that despite sitting for a three-and-a-half-hour interview to candidly reflect on the iconic reality show's complex legacy, producers utilized just 16 minutes of her footage through "surgical manipulation" and selective editing.
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According to PEOPLE, Netflix, which released Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model in February, filed a motion to dismiss the suit on Friday, Aug. 14, citing that Banks' accusations are "about ordinary editorial decisions."
"After the interview, [Banks] signed an agreement granting the filmmakers the right to edit her interview footage, acknowledging she had 'no right to review or approve' the finished documentary, and releasing claims arising from it — including for defamation and false light," Netflix's motion reads.
"She now alleges the documentary…defames her — not because it says anything false about her, but because she wanted advance notice of what another interviewee would say, more of her interview included, and her perspective presented differently," the motion continued.
In June, Banks filed a defamation and "false light" lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of the docuseries. In her complaint, Banks claims that despite sitting for a three-and-a-half-hour interview to candidly reflect on the iconic reality show's complex legacy, producers utilized just 16 minutes of her footage through "surgical manipulation" and selective editing.
#banks #interview #defamation #motion
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