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