{"id":142568,"date":"2023-10-06T23:27:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T23:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142568"},"modified":"2023-10-06T23:27:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T23:27:16","slug":"love-is-blind-producers-sued-over-alleged-sexual-assault-of-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/celebrities\/love-is-blind-producers-sued-over-alleged-sexual-assault-of-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"'Love Is Blind' Producers Sued Over Alleged Sexual Assault Of Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Love Is Blind” producers are being taken to court … after one of the contestants claims she was sexually assaulted — and says the incident might’ve been caught on camera.<\/p>\n
According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Tran Dang<\/strong> — a contestant on season 5 who was never featured in the final product — is coming after production companies Delirium TV and Kinetic Content for the alleged incident, which she says went down in 2022.<\/p>\n Dang says she got engaged to fellow contestant Thomas Smith<\/strong> while spending time in the pods … but claims he sexually assaulted her while filming in Mexico.<\/p>\n She claims Smith “incessantly groped” her, exposed her to his naked body, and “forcibly and repeatedly made sexual contact” with her — without her consent. Dang says she brought her concerns to producers but alleges they were “swept aside.”<\/p>\n She’s also suing producers for false imprisonment, claiming she was required to remain on-call in her hotel room and subjected to around-the-clock surveillance that left her “unable to exercise her will in going anywhere she was lawfully allowed to go.”<\/p>\n She thinks the 24-hour surveillance means most of the alleged incidents ended up on film.<\/p>\n Dang is seeking more than $1 million in damages, claiming she’s suffered extreme emotional distress, pain, mental anguish, and suffering as a result of the ordeal.<\/p>\n “LIB” creator Chris Coelen<\/strong> spoke to People<\/strong>, which was first to report the lawsuit … saying he supports anyone who comes forward with sexual assault claims, but adds he was “never told that she felt unsafe or experienced any of the allegations that she made.”<\/p>\n Delirium and Kinetic Content say Dang’s claims are meritless, too.<\/p>\n Fans of the show know Dang and Smith weren’t contestants on season 5 … it appears all traces of them were scrubbed from the final product. She first filed in August 2022, and it’s been in mediation since February.<\/p>\n