Model Files Suit Against E!

NASHVILLE/LOS ANGELES, January 29: Model Niki Taylor has
filed a suit against E! Entertainment Television and E! Networks Productions
alleging fraud, breach of contract and slander, among other charges, over an
episode of the new series Blvd. of Broken Dreams.

The suit, filed Friday at the United States District Court
for the Central District of California, alleges “fraud, breach of contract,
false light invasion of privacy, slander and intentional infliction of
emotional distress.”

Blvd. of Broken Dreams’
tagline is: “In a place between heaven and Hollywood, dreams turn tragic and
fame goes sour fast.” The episode about Taylor first aired over the weekend and
is scheduled for encore runs throughout this week, according to the E! website.
The synopsis for the episode is: “Niki and Krissy Taylor were the Kennedys of
modeling, until Krissy's tragic and sudden death.”

Taylor’s camp maintains that E! secured interviews with her
and her manager, Lou Taylor (no relation) of Tri Star Sports and Entertainment,
“by falsely representing that the show would focus on Niki's current life and
professional endeavors, including her charitable foundation, her signature
fragrance, her upcoming cosmetics line and her clothing boutique in Nashville.
Contrary to these representations, however, the show focuses on hardships in
Niki's past and falsely characterizes Niki as one of various celebrities ‘who
risked everything … and lost.’”

Taylor’s attorney, Caroline H. Mankey of Christensen,
Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, says E! disregarded requests to have
the episode pulled from the schedule. "They neglected their journalistic
obligations to report truthfully and accurately; they violated express promises
they made to the plaintiff, supermodel Niki Taylor; and they demonstrated a
reprehensible disregard for the substantial harm their actions would cause to
Ms. Taylor,” Mankey said.

Taylor noted in a statement: "My life is far from a
'boulevard of broken dreams,' and as a matter of fact, with my recent marriage,
successful fragrance line, clothing boutique and women's foundation, it's
better than it's ever been! I hope that this unfortunate action serves to
educate everyone who sees the show aired by E! as to the true state of my life
and career today."