“The Amazing Race” Season 37 finalists Jonathan and Ana Towns are suing the reality competition series’ producers, accusing the people behind the CBS show of rigging the competition and conducting a “smear strategy so audacious and immoral” that it would “shock the conscience of even the most cynical propagandist.”
“The gravaman of this action is not a dispute over legitimate editorial judgement or discretion,” reads the 25-page document, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday against Paramount, ABC Signature and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
The couple, who is claiming defamation (libel) and false light invasion of privacy, is requesting a jury trial and $8 million in damages.
“The claims herein…
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