*Tyra Banks is in trouble. The supermodel/TV talk show host is being sued, along with her television producers by the parents of a sex-addicted teen who appeared on her show without their permission.
And how much you ask? $3 million.
Beverly McClendon, a resident of Georgia filed the suit in an Atlanta federal court this month, claiming the producers and Banks failed to secure legal permission to air the story of her 15-year-old daughter, Jewel Ciera Washington during an episode of sex addiction.
The teen responded to an open call for the show for people who claim they are sex addicts in 2009. She was flown to New York the following month and claims everything was paid for.
According to online reports, McClendon insists TV producers should have alerted her to their plans to feature the girl on the program and violated Georgia state labor laws by failing to do so. In the legal papers, she also objects to the show being promoted as featuring a “15-year-old sex addict”, insisting the tag line would have attracted unwanted attention from “sexual deviants, perverts and pedophiles alike.”
The mother is suing on the ground of negligence and is asking for an injunction against Banks and company to keep the episode from airing again in the future.
Ok mom, could you tell me how did your 15yr. old daughter flew to NY without your permission??? It sounds pretty misfit to me and bad parenting if you don’t know your child, a minor, left the state to be on TV UNLESS you didn’t give a ish cause she’s out of control anyhows or you vouched for it to get some money. Either way, still is a fishy scheme in the making.
Diva007, read the beginning of you post again…did it ever occur to your stupid ass that this girl has a father??..”it said without her “PARENTS” !! “PARENTS”!!..permission!!!
Wow nighshift, that was a bit harsh!
Diva was probably referring to the fact that the artical says the teens mother Beverly McClendon filed the lawsuit. Also, the artical would lead one to believe that the mother and father may not live in the same household, the childs name is Jewel Washington. Or perhaps the father is decease….
It is inconceivable that Tyra or her producers would allow this child on their show without getting parental (one or the other) permission… There is alot more to this story than the artical is saying!
Wow. Not sure what to think about this. Bottom line, the girl’s mother and father FAILED her miserably if she’s a sex addict. Heck, for all we know the girl could have forged her mother’s and/or father’s signature on the documents. I cannot believe that any TV show would be dumb enough to book a minor without signed documentation. There are too many unanswered questions here.
They have an OBLIGATION to make sure that it is signed by the correct person. This isn’t some trip to the museum. This is a LONG trip.. That should have been notarized or something. A signature can be forged. If it was then they are even DUMBER that I though TYRA was!!!
Stupid Azz??? LoL! Girl bye!! FYI, I’m referring to the mother in MY comment. I don’t have to re-read anything. I understood the first time. I’m aware that it takes two to make a child. I know she has a father.
chil’ please, I know you read it again….Diva007, does that mean you are a transgendered undercover agent?
Diva. Kids been doing ish for years.. Mom I’m going over sha nay-nay’s house for the weekend… Ok… Then Sha nay-nay’s parents either LIE for her OR Sha-nay-nay picks up and says yes Miss SMITH she can stay for the weekend..
Bottom LINE. They KNEW the kid was a minor.. CON-tracts should have accounted for this. I predict settlement or a VERY embarassing run for TYRA & Co..
They KNEW she was 15 (UNDER AGE).. How was she allowed to sign a binding contract w/out her LEGAL GUARDIAN.
You can’t even get working papers in NY until you are 16 AND your PARENTS have to sign.. Now they want MOM or DAD down there with you.. Back in the day I signe my mom’s name!
@Nightshift, a transgender??? LoL! Wowwww, the pettiness of insults is irrelevant. But for you, no I’m not a ladyboy if that’s your thing. A transgender! LoL! This is so elementary. Anyhows back to the ranch, @xavixavi,that is true cause I even sign some ish myself back in the day. LoL! She should have not been on that show period if they knew her parents or guardian was not with her unless somebody lied and try to cover their end. If proven wrong, definitely a settlement is in place.
I have some questions. Did the girl travel to and appear on the show alone? I would think the producers would be smart enough to require a minor to be accompanied by a legal guardian. Did someone pass themselves off as the guardian? However, if the girl is indeed a sex addict at the age of 15, the parents have much bigger issues than the appearence on the Tara Banks show.
DOne, Exactly! This girl is out of control and been for awhile. Settlement or not, their hands is full with this young lady and she needs help because she is on the road of destruction. I’m curious to know if ANYONE travel with her? I could not see if she did by herself, but some of these 15 yr olds nowadays are something else. Time will tell who is telling the truth here.
Diva, as the father of both a teen and a preteen girl, I’ve noticed that its difficult for some parents to admit that their daughters are out of control and the tendency is to not deal with the daughters issues by seeing her only as the victim. There is a local case here recently where a 14yr girl lied to her mother that she was spending the night with a friend as a school dance, but instead when to a party at a hotel with a bunch of other HS kids. She had sex with several of the guys. Of course the mother wants to sue someone and several of the guys ranging from 16 to 17 have been charged. However, the real issue is that if not this party it would have been some other. Plus there is no way my daughter is going to say she spending the night with at a friend’s house and I not check with the other parents and even then you still have to be on your toes because sometimes teens sound just like their parents on the phone. I know as a teen my voice was almost exactly the same as my father’s.
Exactly. Sometimes the mom can have 2/3 jobs so if she says she staying at her friends house. You call speak to some adult sounding person, who says all is good and you believe it. Some of these people are tired and think they hear one thing whenit’s the next.
DOne, are you talking about that Melvindale HS incident?? If so D-Town fist. LoL! Now with that case, the parents was stupid for booking a room for underage kids without supervision. What were they thinking??? You can’t blame the hotel because the parents gave the key card to the kids. Just a wrong move. Second, if my child attends a homecoming dance especially under age 16, I’m dropping her off and when it ends, I’m picking her up. There is no hotel after-joint for you. I bet her mom didn’t even know she was there nor concern until she cried “rape”! Some of these parents just lack parenting skills and need to stop being their children’s friend.
Yeah, I’m talking about the Melvindale incident. A lot of parents are bothered with their kids are mad at them. Hell, if my 16yo wasn’t mad at me about something, we would never have anything to talk about lol. The other day she made the comment “Why don’t I just have her microchipped like the dog” My response was don’t give me any ideas.
Right on Done. I tell my neices and nephews that my job is to make sure that they don’t get away w/ NONE of the ISHT me and my friends did.. We were BAD!!!!!!!!
LOL, I must admit, I didn’t do much as a teen. If fact I think my pops thought I was doing more than I actually was. On the other hand, I know a buddy of mine who mother actually had to put bars on his bedroom window and sleep with her car keys in an effort to keep him from sneaking out the house. I feared my father a little to much that type of stuff.
You know you can have that done to your childern now days with their cell phones…. It may as well be in their bodies, they don’t go anywhere without that phone!
There is also a device you can have installed in your car. It shows where the vechicle is in “real time”…. Ain’t technology wonderful!!!
After reading the original and more detailed report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, I side with the Mom, who is a licensed social worker.
First, the mom said she filed a missing person’s report when she realized her daughter was gone. She didn’t know the show had sent an airline ticket and booked her in a hotel.
Also, when the show set up the appearance they spoke with the 15-year old only. Why not get the parent on the phone? Minors cannot sign contracts or enter legal agreements.
This is lunacy. The show preyed on a gullible underage kid and took advantage of her. I hope the mom wins.
We all know teens who don’t want to listen and do renegade things even when raised in the best homes. But they don’t have vultures broadcasting their embarrasing mistakes all over national TV. If she were 18, I’d be fine with it.
Also, the mom said her daughter has never been diagnosed as sex addict so I’m not sure if Tyra just had her exaggerate for the show. Many former Tyra guests have reported they they’ve been told to lie and exaggerate.
The Tyra Show was really shady as a whole and did a disservice to the black community.
So glad it’s off the air.