- Tyra Banks has initiated a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of the docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model .
- The supermodel claims the programme, released in February, defamed her by misrepresenting her interview and creating a false narrative.
- Banks alleges the docuseries implied she knowingly permitted a contestant to be sexually assaulted and exploited trauma for ratings, which she disputes.
- She is seeking damages, including uncapped punitive damages, and an injunction to prevent the use of her image with the docuseries' soundtrack.
- As a public figure in the US, Banks faces a high legal hurdle, needing to prove “actual malice” on the part of the defendants to win the case.
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Tyra Banks’s Netflix defamation lawsuit faces impossible odds in US court
