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A couple who appeared on the CBS reality series is suing the network and associates for $8 million and damages over the way they were portrayed on the reality show.
Jonathan and Ana Towns, who appeared on the 37th season of the series, which aired last year, filed the lawsuit in Superior Court on Wednesday.
Their season ran on CBS from March 5-May 15, with the Towns - Jonathan, a software developer, and Ana, a stay-at-home mom - finishing in third place.
They claimed producers presided over a 'smear strategy so audacious and immoral that would shock the conscience of even the most cynical propagandist.'
The couple said producers took 'decontextualized' footage to portray Jonathan as 'a morally depraved, brutal and abusive spouse,' according to legal docs reviewed by Daily Mail.
Daily Mail has reached out to reps for CBS and Paramount for further comment on the story.
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Jonathan and Ana Towns, a couple who appeared on the CBS reality series the Amazing Race last year, is suing the network for $8 million and damages over the way they were portrayed on the reality show
The couple said that the network edited out material that would've made Jonathan appear in a more 'humanizing' manner, in their effort to create a narrative on the reality show.
'Very rarely do you get a team where it's equal and they have exactly the same aspirations and everything is perfect,' he said. 'You see it within any competitive sports team where there's tension - like with Shaq and Kobe on the Lakers. It's that competitive thing.
He added, 'I love that teams want to come on this show and that they're there to have a good time and race around the world and everything, but I want to see that fight in them. I want to see them really want to win.
'It makes for an interesting race, and we've got a lot of that this season.'
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