Tyra Banks sues Netflix over 'America's Next Top Model' documentary, alleging misrepresentation

Tyra Banks has taken legal action against Netflix, accusing the streaming giant of misrepresenting her statements in the documentary 'Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model.' Banks, who participated in a lengthy interview for the program, alleges that her words were selectively edited and recontextualized to create a misleading and damaging portrayal.

According to court documents, Banks claims she agreed to the interview with the expectation of a comprehensive discussion about the show's successes and challenges. However, she asserts that only a fraction of her interview made it into the final cut, with her statements allegedly being "stripped of context and reassembled" to construct a false narrative. Her lawsuit, filed in June, also raises concerns about how the documentary addresses past participant experiences and on-set situations.

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Her lawyers argue that her statements were “despojadas de contexto y reensambladas” to construct a narrative that she considers false and defamatory.

Netflix has responded by filing documents to have the lawsuit dismissed. The company contends that Banks was given the freedom to express herself and that the documentary's directors, Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy, included her perspective along with those of other participants. Banks' legal team, however, maintains that the case should determine the documentary's faithfulness to her original statements and has requested the full interview recording for comparison.

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Netflix argues that Banks had the opportunity to speak openly and that the directors Daniel Sivan and Mor Loushy presented her perspective along with that of other participants.