Fashionista shreds model in $10M claim
IT WAS NOT a model business relationship.
A fashion stylist sued Victoria’s Secret model Erin Heatherton (photo) for $10 million Thursday, saying the catwalker shorted her out of money for a failed clothing line.
The stylist, Clare Byrne, says in her suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court that two years ago she developed business strategy and clothing prototypes for Heatherton’s RetroActive sports apparel brand.
But in October 2015, after four months on the project, Heatherton announced she was abandoning the line.
“Ms. Heatherton wanted to focus on a new romantic relationship and no longer wished to pursue RetroActive,” the suit says. Heatherton was linked toformer Miami Dolphins tight end Jordan Cameron at the time.
Byrne says Heatherton, 28, forked over a flat fee of $25,000.
But the Sports Illustrated model has not paid Byrne her $4,000 per diem, amounting to about $97,000, the suit says.
Byrne seeks $10 million for breach of contract and other claims.
Calls to attorneys for Byrne and Heatherton were not returned.