Netflix has said Carol Baskin has “no claim” in suing company over the use of footage of her in Tiger King 2.
Baskin and her husband Howard launched legal action against Netflix last week for breach of contract after they appeared in the show’s trailer.
Their lawsuit stated they only signed appearance release forms for the first season of the Netflix docu-series.
Netflix is now saying they signed releases in 2019 that “explicitly permit” the footage use in later projects.
The company and Royal Goode Productions, who are also included in the Baskins; legal claim, have called for it to be denied.
According to their case filing, Carole Baskin became a “pop culture phenomenon” as a result of Tiger King, adding she had “no claim at all” and her “breach of contract claim is merely a red herring, lacking any merit”.
Tiger King followed the rivalry between eccentric Oklahoma zoo owner Joe Exotic and animal rights activist Baskin.
