Just days after filming of The Bachelor in Paradise was cancelled amid claims of “misconduct”, a crew member of the production has claimed they witnessed producers filming an alleged sexual assault.
On Sunday, the studio behind the show, Warner Bros., issued a statement outlining how producers had become “aware of allegations of misconduct” on set, and production was suspended to allow a thorough investigation to be completed.
According to People, two contestants were filmed in a sexual encounter in which one may have been too drunk to consent.
“The show absolutely values the primacy of consent and in this instance, it appears as though conduct allegedly occurred without the proper consent having been given,” a source told the publication.
Those two contestants have since been named as DeMario Jackson and Corinne Olympios.
Now, in an interview with The Daily Mail, a crew member has said the alleged assault began after both Jackson and Olympios arrived on set in on set in Sayulita, Mexico and were told the show would feature a storyline were the duo would hook up.
“Corinne and Demario found out when they arrived in Mexico that the storyline would involve the two of them hooking up so they decided to hang out and get better acquainted over drinks,” the anonymous crew member told the news outlet.
“Soon they decided to go swimming and when they climbed into the Jacuzzi, they were both loaded. Corinne proceeded to remove her bathing suit and things got increasingly sexual.
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yep right she didn't know. it tells u from the start she was going to hook up with him and why take off your bathing suit and then all of a sudden go limp?. GET REAL! so obvious she wanted to get paid and in America that's one of the easiest ways to do it right? just say rape and I didn't know and all that BS and in the process the life of a young man gets ruined. Hope she doesn't get one dime.
Once again Mammamia is outdoing themselves on a batch of anti-feminism disguised as care and false journalism.
If you do any actual research into this story, the "source" is based on one series of tweets from someone who is writing a book on the behind the scenes of the Batchelor. People, New York Post and Daily Mail are all online news posts quickly diving into these tweets and making them news out of nothing.
Secondly, a victim of sexual assault should only be named by the media IF THEY GIVE CONSENT. This is your job as journalists mammamia. Without any hard evidence you have condemned both of these people with either shame or victimisation without their consent and is a violation of this woman's rights, she is now posted all over the news and exploited with this horrible story without her saying a single thing, everyone knows her face and name, and she has to live with this unwanted exposure. An organisation so focused on feminism should know this.