AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Netflix moves to dismiss Tyra Banks defamation suit, citing her own signed agreement
Netflix is fighting back against Tyra Banks' defamation lawsuit over a documentary about America's Next Top Model, arguing in a new court filing that Banks signed away her right to approve the final cut, and released defamation claims before the series ever aired. The streaming giant filed a motion to strike and dismiss Banks' suit […] The post Netflix moves to dismiss Tyra Banks defamation suit, citing her own signed agreement appeared first on American Almanac .
Netflix is fighting back against Tyra Banks' defamation lawsuit over a documentary about America's Next Top Model, arguing in a new court filing that Banks signed away her right to approve the final cut, and released defamation claims before the series ever aired. The streaming giant filed a motion to strike and dismiss Banks' suit on Friday, calling her complaints about the docuseries Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model nothing more than grievances over "ordinary editorial decisions." The motion lays out a blunt case: Banks sat for a three-and-a-half-hour interview, signed a post-interview agreement granting the filmmakers full editing control, and explicitly acknowledged she had "no right to review or approve" the finished…Open
AI:Netflix has filed a motion to dismiss Tyra Banks' defamation lawsuit regarding the documentary "Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model," arguing that Banks signed an agreement waiving her right to approve the final cut and releasing all defamation claims prior to the series airing. Banks alleges that Netflix used selective editing to create a false narrative, specifically implying she was evasive regarding a contestant's sexual assault during filming; however, Netflix contends these are merely editorial decisions and notes that Banks herself spent decades using similar editing techniques as the producer of her own reality franchise.Open