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Netflix’s Kanye West Documentary Didn’t Defame Woman by Showing Her Intoxicated, Judge Rules

Netflix's Kanye West movie didn't defame a dancing woman, a judge says. Cynthia Love sued after footage of her "intoxicated" was used in "jeen-yuhs."

A woman who once appeared “obviously intoxicated” in a Kanye West music video cannot sue for defamation after the footage was used in the Kanye-focused Netflix documentary jeen-yuhs, a federal judge says, even if she later got sober and “turned her life around.” The clip, which showed Love dancing and slurring her words at a Chicago barbecue spot, was originally shot for the 2003 music video for Kanye West’s debut single, “Through The Wire.” She claimed they had “recklessly disregarded the truth” that she had made “an amazing transformation” since the ugly footage was filmed, hurting her reputation among present-day peers: “Neighbors, co-workers, and family cannot help but view and treat her as someone less worthy of their respect, esteem and trust,” her lawyers wrote.

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