Tyra Banks Sued by Teen Sex Addict's Mom
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Tyra's in trouble.
Tyra Banks has been sued for $3 million by the mother of a teen sex addict, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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Angry mother Beverly McClendon charges that her daughter appeared on Tyra, the supermodel's now-defunct talk show, without her permission.
The 15-year-old girl in question reportedly answered an online casting call looking for teen sex addicts to talk about their problems on the air. Tyra producers later flew her from Georgia to New York and provided hotel lodgings -- all without McClendon's necessary consent -- the lawsuit claims.
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In the suit, filed in federal court Oct. 8, McClendon frets that the episode "was undoubtedly watched by sexual deviants, perverts and pedophiles alike," and violated her daughter's privacy.
She'd also like to prevent future airings of the controversial episode.
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9the mother is a ho
yeah, right. nice try, dollar digger.
The mother should of been more involved in her childs life in the first place. How can you not know what your child is doing let alone flying somewhere at all or having sex at that. Makes her look really stupid and just shows how much of a mother she isn't and just wants money now because of it. I don't think she should get that much. 15 now is still consider of legal age these days. But Tyra's people should of done alot more to make sure nothing like this happen as well and should of made sure that her mother knew she was coming to the show.
Sorry I just dont believe Tyra's executives have gotten that "slack" on checking people out for the show & collecting the required documents. Im sure the 15yr old spun some serious lies to her mom as to where she was and maybe forged signatures on the required release documents. My question to the mom is how does your 15yr get out of GA & you didn't know she's gone? How "relaxed" is that relationship that the daugher goes to NY for a couple of days and you have no idea she has left The STATE of GA?
I have to agree with the fact that all this woman wants is money. I am sorry but a 15 year old should not be having sex in the first place let alone have an addiction. This mother should just shut up b/c she is digging herself a big whole. She was not paying attention when her daughter was having sex and obviously she was not pay attention when her daughter went to NY. Plus, by the sounds her daughter wants help, she did go and tell the world that she was a 15 year old sex addict. I think that shows that she wants and NEEDS help!!
the only reason she is suing Tyra is because she thinks she is going to get a lot of money. Maybe if she was a hands on parent, she would know there was something up with her daughter sleeping around and having an addiction.
$3 million is too extreme. This woman clearly wants money. Yes, it was wrong for them to not ask the mother but get real, it's not like they kidnapped her or anything. The daughter knew what she was doing.
the woman needs to accept responsbibility...she should have raised her daughter better
so where was the mother when her daughter was flewn out to new york and had left the state didnt her mother notice she was gone?