{"id":2509281,"date":"2026-07-20T11:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2509281"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:31:58","slug":"tyra-banks-suing-netflix-over-portrayal-in-new-docuseries-reality-check-inside-americas-next-top-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tyra-banks-suing-netflix-over-portrayal-in-new-docuseries-reality-check-inside-americas-next-top-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyra Banks Suing Netflix Over Portrayal In New Docuseries ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Furious catwalk queen Tyra Banks<\/a> is suing Netflix, claiming it defamed her in its docuseries<\/a>Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model<\/em>, which was released in February, RadarOnline.com<\/em><\/a> can reveal.<\/p>\n

The series was a critical look back at America’s Next Top Model<\/em><\/a> \u2013 ANTM<\/em> \u2013 Banks’ controversial reality show<\/a> that ran from 2013 to 2018. In the documentary, former contestants call her out for her tantrums and mean-girl antics and suggest that she exploited their trauma for ratings.<\/p>\n

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Tyra Banks’ lawsuit claims Netflix used selective editing in ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’ to create a false and misleading narrative.Jen Lowery \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Banks’ lawsuit alleges only about 16 minutes of the three-and-a-half-hour interview she did for Reality Check<\/em> were used in order to present a “defamatory” narrative that was “unrelated to what she actually expressed.”<\/p>\n

The suit also alleges the series used “selective editing, deliberate omission, and surgical manipulation” of footage to create a false and misleading impression, including “that Ms. Banks knowingly allowed a contestant to be sexually assaulted on her show.”<\/p>\n

That contestant, Shandi Sullivan, who appeared on Cycle 2 of ANTM<\/em>, was on a cast trip with other models to Milan, where they were filmed drinking wine with local men.<\/p>\n

In the Netflix<\/a> docuseries, Sullivan said she was blackout drunk when the crew filmed her in bed with an Italian male model.<\/p>\n

Banks Blasts ‘Misleading’ Documentary Edit<\/h2>\n
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Shandi Sullivan alleged in ‘Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model’ an incident shown on ‘ANTM’ was actually a sexual assault.AB1 \/ WENN.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The event was framed on ANTM <\/em>as an infidelity, but Sullivan alleged in Reality Check<\/em> the incident was actually a sexual assault.<\/p>\n

When asked about the controversial encounter in the docuseries, Banks began to glance upward, then said, “Um,” before the screen cut to black, an editing decision the suit claims “make[s] it appear that Ms. Banks knew she was being asked about a sexual assault and was intentionally trying to evade the topic.”<\/p>\n

But as RadarOnline.com<\/em><\/a>readers know, Banks, who served as producer, host and a judge on ANTM<\/em>, has long had a reputation as “the Queen of Mean.” In fact, insiders said ANTM<\/em> was canceled in 2018 after rumors of her abusive behavior began circulating.<\/p>\n

Reality Star’s Reputation Takes Hit<\/h2>\n
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Insiders claimed ‘ANTM’ was canceled in 2018 after rumors of Banks’ abusive behavior began circulating.Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

She’s since struggled to make a comeback, especially after a disastrous tenure as host of Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a>, during which reports emerged that she was a bullying diva behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

“The producers \u2013 and the fans \u2013 hated her,” an insider said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Furious catwalk queen Tyra Banks is suing Netflix, claiming it defamed her in its docuseriesReality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, which was released in February, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The series was a critical look back at America’s Next Top Model \u2013 ANTM \u2013 Banks’ controversial reality show that ran from 2013 to 2018. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2509282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2509281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tyra-Banks-Suing-Netflix-Over-Portrayal-In-New-Docuseries-Reality.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509283,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509281\/revisions\/2509283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}