MTV interrupts production during dating competition Are you the one? after a former contestant claimed she was intoxicated and sexually assaulted during the filming.
Gianna Hammer, a participant in the season 5, which aired in 2017, tells The Daily Beast that she was given prescription medicine to calm her down after an argument with a cast. (Her doctor told her not to take the medication while she was drinking alcohol, but producers apparently told her it was ‘not a high dose’ to be a problem.) Shortly afterwards, Hammer darkened and did not remember what happened, but other participants later told her that she climbed into bed with a male member and said no before being pulled out of bed by her competitors.
According to Hammer, producers asked her the next day if she wanted to kick the cast member, emphasizing that “it will be a lot to send him back.” They eventually decided to place the male in another bedroom and prevent him and Hammer from drinking alcohol for the rest of the recording, Hammer claims. ‘I think [I] really thought about it and was like, ‘Wow, that was really foked,’ ‘she tells The Daily Beast. “They should never have left me in an unsafe position. I’m definitely a changed person. “
MTV, which is planning a ninth season of the program, said in a statement: ‘We take these issues very seriously and have interrupted the production / cast to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations, the third production company, and further review our internal security. protocol. Hammer’s season of Are you the one? was also retrieved from all streaming platforms, including Paramount +.
Production company Lighthearted Entertainment denies Hammer’s allegations, claiming that “no contestant reported an incident of sexual assault to Lighthearted during the eight seasons of the show.” However, they also say they welcome MTV’s investigation and “will cooperate with full transparency.”