Love Is Blind producers ‘sued over alleged sexual assault and false imprisonment’

The producers of the hit Netflix series Love Is Blind are being sued in a case of sexual assault, false imprisonment and negligence by a former season five contestant.

The woman, Tran Dang, named production companies Delirium TV and Kinetic Content in her suit, and also said there may be footage to prove it, People reported.

According to TMZDang – who did not make the show to final edits – said the incident took place in 2022 and was at the hands of fellow contestant Thomas Smith.

Dang and Smith became engaged during their time in the pods, but their relationship took a turn when they were filming together in Mexico, according to her story.

Documents obtained by TMZ state that Smith “incessantly groped” her, exposed his naked body and “forcibly and repeatedly made sexual contact” with her, all without consent.

Dang is now suing the producers for firing her after she brought the alleged assault to their attention.

False imprisonment was filed in the lawsuit, as Dang claimed she was forced to be summoned to her hotel room.

It was also noted that she is subject to constant surveillance, leaving her ‘unable to exercise her will to go anywhere she is legally permitted to go’.

Because of the 24-hour surveillance, she believes the alleged assault was recorded.

Dang is seeking more than $1 million in damages, saying she experienced “extreme emotional distress, pain, mental anguish and suffering” as a direct result of the situation.

Love Is Blind creator Chris Coelen spoke Peopleand said he was ‘never told that (Dang) felt unsafe or experienced any of the allegations she made.’

Delirium TV and Kinetic Content also referred to the claims as unfounded.

Dang’s attorney, Benjamin W. Allen, told the publication: ‘The producers are throwing money at the problem by spending an inordinate amount of money on losing legal positions that do nothing but delay the parties from getting on with their day. to have the court.

‘They lost on three separate legal issues before the trial court and then filed three separate appeals to multiply the proceedings we have to go through before we finally get this case to trial.’

Details: The woman, Tran Dang, named production companies Delirium TV and Kinetic Content in her suit, and also said there may be footage to prove it

Her story: According to TMZ, Dang – who didn’t make the show to final edits – the incident took place in 2022 and was at the hands of fellow contestant Thomas Smith

Claims: Dang is now suing the producers for firing her after she brought the alleged assault to their attention

Dang initially filed the case in August 2022, and the case has been in mediation since February 2023. Allen’s statement went on to say: ‘But we are confident that Ms. Dang’s position will be vindicated once we get there and are committed to seeing it all the way through.

‘We have to hold the program producers accountable. We have an ethical duty to our client to do this, but also feel a moral obligation to the next generation of reality show contestants.’

Coelen responded to the allegations in a statement to People: ‘If anyone ever comes to us and says they feel unsafe in any way, we will immediately remove them from the experiment and talk to them, and try to get to the bottom of it. to come ‘

“Unfortunately, that kind of sentiment in this case was never directed at us in any way, nor was any alleged wrongdoing ever brought to our attention.”