Tyra Banks is taking Netflix to court.
The 52-year-old TV personality filed a defamation lawsuit against the streaming service after her participation in the Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) docu-series received major backlash.
In a copy of the lawsuit, obtained by People, Banks claims that just 16 minutes of her three-hour interview were used in the docuseries and that the clips were “stripped of context and reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed.” She also claims that the accountability she took for some of the controversial moments in ANTM were edited out.
“Tyra Banks participated in the Netflix documentary series America’s Next Top Model (‘ANTM’) because she believed viewers deserved a candid conversation about the show’s legacy—its successes and its shortcomings,” the lawsuit begins, per People. “There are aspects of the show for which Ms. Banks takes accountability and she wanted ANTM viewers to hear that from her directly.”
Banks alleges the producers created a “false narrative,” claiming she was not informed that contestant Shandi Sullivan, 44, who appeared in the docuseries, would later describe being sexually assaulted while filming America’s Next Top Model.
Banks says she was not given an opportunity to respond to accusations per the filing. It also states that during her Netflix interview, Banks acknowledged she remembered Sullivan’s account. “That narrative about Ms. Banks is a complete fabrication—one that Netflix streamed to a global audience of millions,” the lawsuit reads.