Most of the US networks are always eager to work with celebrities that once were at the peak of their careers and now are focusing on breaking into other areas, somewhat shielded away from the spotlight. The same can be said about Niki Taylor, a very popular supermodel who now rarely models anymore, but spends most of her time being a mom and a respectable business woman.

When producers from E! Entertainment contacted her for a reality series, she was given the impression that the show will feature her latest endeavors in the fashion world, including her own clothing line, her fragrance, the cosmetic line and her charitable foundation. Instead, her name was closely related to the title 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams', while her life was presented as that of a star 'who risked everything... and lost'.

In the law suit filed today against the network, Taylor said that she was never made aware that the show will focus on her past hardships and not on her present life. She said she would not have allowed producers to represent her as the girl who had the whole world at her little finger only to blow it all away in such a short time.

Taylor checked herself into rehab in 2001, after she admitted to being addicted to painkillers. That same year, she was involved in a car crash that left her in a coma for six weeks and after which she had to undergo almost 56 surgical interventions for internal injuries, including a collapsed lung and serious liver damage.

The model and her lawyers are now saying that E! aired the first episode of the show, despite their insistences of pulling it off. 'My life is far from a "boulevard of broken dreams"', the model said in a statement. In the suit filed, she is asking for damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, breach of contract and invasion of privacy.

'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', the complaint said.

Until now, the network refrained from making any comment on Taylor's accusations.