Netflix Pushes Back Against Tyra Banks’ Defamation Lawsuit Over ‘Reality Check’ Docuseries

Netflix has formally challenged Tyra Banks’ defamation lawsuit over the documentary series Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. The streamer filed a motion seeking to dismiss the case, arguing that Banks is objecting to how the filmmakers edited and presented her interview rather than identifying statements that legally qualify as defamatory. Banks filed the lawsuit in June against Netflix and directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan. Her complaint alleges that the filmmakers selectively edited a lengthy interview to create…