Niki Taylor Files Slander Suit with E!

Model and entrepreneur Niki Taylor has filed a federal slander lawsuit against E! Entertainment, claiming its reality profile titled "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" intentionally caused her emotional distress. Taylor's lawsuit also charges allegations of fraud, breach of contract and invasion of privacy.

CNN reports that Taylor says E! producers showed a false representation of her current lifestyle. While she was supposedly told the television program would focus on her professional career, including her fragrance, clothing and future cosmetics line, Taylor's suit says E! Entertainment Television Inc., E! Networks Productions Inc., and a specific producer revealed her hardships and labeled her as a celebrity "who risked everything...and lost."

On its website, E! describes the phrase, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," as, "In a place between heaven and Hollywood, dreams turn tragic and fame goes sour fast." Taylor made a press statement stating that her life is far from this characterization, and part of the suit reads, "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."

Taylor, 31, has appeared in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated and other fashion magazines in the 90s. In 2001, she was injured in a near-fatal car accident, but has since recovered after rehabilitation. Recently, she married NASCAR driver Burney Lamar on December 27, 2006 at the Grande Colonial Hotel in San Diego.