{"id":95642,"date":"2023-04-18T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/netflix-filmmakers-sued-by-woman-featured-in-jeen-yuhs-documentary\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T00:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:51:13","slug":"netflix-filmmakers-sued-by-woman-featured-in-jeen-yuhs-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/netflix-filmmakers-sued-by-woman-featured-in-jeen-yuhs-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix, Filmmakers Sued by Woman Featured in ‘jeen-yuhs\u2019 Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Netflix and Coodie Simmons<\/strong> and Chike Ozah <\/strong>— the <\/strong>filmmakers behind the Kanye West<\/strong><\/a> touting ‘jeen-yuhs’ doc — are defendants in a lawsuit from a Chicago girl who claims they exploited her with its launch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The go well with was filed Monday by Cynthia Love<\/strong>, and in line with paperwork obtained by TMZ Hip Hop<\/strong>, she initially made a cameo in Kanye\u2019s 2003 music video \u201cThrough the Wire\u201d … which Coodie and Chike directed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The vid served as Kanye\u2019s breakout hit and opens with Cynthia dancing inside a restaurant \u2026 and she or he says she was paid $20 for that look.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Cynthia’s problem is she claims she was in an “altered state and never able to offering consent” on the time — and she or he’s upset an prolonged model of that second was then proven within the ‘jeen-yuhs’ documentary on Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In the go well with, she says it represents part of her previous she’d like to maneuver previous. She claims she’s now been sober for practically 18 years, has held down long-term jobs and repaired relationships with family and friends.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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She says the doc revealed her darkish previous to many who had been unaware of her background, forcing her to rehash unhealthy recollections.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Cynthia additionally claims Coodie informed her son, through textual content message, he assumed she was lifeless as an alternative of making an attempt to contact her earlier than the movie’s debut.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Cynthia alleges the footage has now triggered her emotional misery and harmed her popularity.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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While it appears legally irrelevant to her case, her go well with mentions stories Coodie and Chike obtained $30 mil for the documentary. She’s suing them, and Netflix, for no less than $30K in damages.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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