Model Niki Taylor Sues E! Entertainment
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E! Entertainment recently featured Niki Taylor’s story on a new celebrity biography series. Taylor is alleging that the entertainment network misrepresented her and she is filing a slander lawsuit.
The Series
E! Entertainment television began the first episode of their new series, Blvd. of Broken Dreams, with a feature about Niki Taylor. In the episode, the former supermodel’s story of hardship is examined, including the death of her sister, a near-fatal car accident, and an addiction to pain medication. The show also explained that Taylor beat her addiction and left modeling to raise her twin boys. The show features Taylor and family members recounting the events of her life.
The Allegation
Niki Taylor is suing E! Entertainment for slander, specifically for “alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress." The suit also alleges that there was a breach of contract, invasion of privacy, and fraud. Taylor was led to believe that the focus of the piece would be about her life now, including the development of her clothing, fragrance and cosmetics lines, as well as the foundation created in her sister’s memory.
About Blvd. of Broken Dreams
The series, Blvd. of Broken Dreams, plans to focus on the rise and fall of celebrities. Taylor may have had some warning of their intent with their tag line, "In a place between heaven and Hollywood, dreams turn tragic and fame goes sour fast." Taylor’s attorneys ordered the entertainment network to pull the episode featuring Taylor, but the show still aired.
About Niki Taylor
Despite the hard times that Niki Taylor faced, she did manage to rise above it all – a fact that she hoped the E! special would focus on. Married to race car driver Burney Lamar, she is now raising her kids in Nashville, Tennessee.
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