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Love is blind reportedly settled a class-action lawsuit brought by an exhibition alum Jeremy Hartwell.
According to Season 2 participant Haseeb Hussainbehind the production company Love is blind recently settled the case out of court.
“So producers Love is blind they just settled their class action lawsuit and I just got a notice in the mail,” Hussain, a lawyer himself, said in December 2024. TikTok legal notice video. “They pay a total of $1.4 million to the class representative, which is (Hartwell), 35 percent to the attorneys, which is only half a million dollars, which is crazy because all I get is $4,000, which is the rest. of all others from Love is blind seasons 2, 3, 4 and 5 a Ultimatum (seasons) 1 and 2.”
According to Hussain, if he “wants more,” he can opt out of the settlement and sue the production company as an individual.
Love Is Blind’s production company, Kinetic Content, has hit back after former cast members of the reality series claimed they were subjected to “emotional warfare” during their time on the show. “The well-being of our attendees is paramount to Kinetic,” the production company told Variety in a statement on Tuesday, April 18. “We have strict protocols (…)
“That would mean a lot more work for me to do, so it might be worth taking the $4 (thousand),” Hussain said in his TikTok video, noting that the lawsuit was warranted because the show apparently mislabeled the contestants as independently. suppliers instead of employees.
In the TikTok comments section by Hussain, a second season alum Kyle Abrams he noted that “(his) number was different”. Shayne Jansenfor his part, he asked if he would also receive some amount.
@haseeblegal #loveisblind #action #netflix #compensation #lawyer #realitytv
“Probably more than me,” Hussain replied.
Abrams, 32, and Jansen, 35, they were briefly employed on Shaina Hurley and Natalie Leerespectively, after a season of experiment set up in Chicago. Hussain and Hartwell, who first filed suit, have both walked free.
My Weekly confirmed in July 2022 Hartwell sued Netflix and Kinetic ContentThey claim that the producers “deliberately bribed” the cast members and “deprived them of food, water and sleep”.
While the premise of Netflix’s Love Is Blind is to help singles find the perfect match, the experiment was not without drama. Several love triangles blossomed during Season 2 of the dating show, which premiered in February 2022. In one corner Shayne Jansen teamed up with Natalie Lee and Shaina Hurley and in the other Jarrette (…)
“The contracts required the contestants to agree that if they left the show before filming was complete, they would be penalized by being asked to pay $50,000 in ‘liquidated damages,'” Hartwell’s attorney, Chantal Paytonhe said in a statement at the time. “Given that this is 50 times what some of the cast members would have earned in their entire time on the job, it certainly had the potential to instill fear in the actors and allow the production even more control.”
Jeremy Hartwell in “Love Is Blind”.
Ser Baffo/NetflixKinetic Content, for its part, denied the allegations.
“Mr. Hartwell’s participation in Season 2 of Love is Blind lasted less than one week,” representative of the production company he said Our the same month. “Unfortunately for Mr. Hartwell, his journey ended soon after he failed to make a significant connection with any of the other participants.” While we will not speculate on his motives for filing the lawsuit, there is absolutely no merit to Mr. Hartwell’s allegations.”
Neither Hartwell nor Kinetic Content have commented publicly on the proposed settlement.
