New York Daily News

Fashionist­a shreds model in $10M claim

- Stephen Rex Brown

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.

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