The British version of the popular dating reality show “Married at First Sight” has been canceled after some of the participants accused other participants of rape and threats of acid attacks.
Channel 4 announced this week that the show will not return after its tenth year of production. The allegations first surfaced in a BBC Panorama investigation, “The Dark Side of Married at First Sight,” which aired in May and in which the women said the show failed to protect them.
Two of the show’s participants allege that they were raped, and one said her on-screen husband also threatened her with an acid attack. Both women chose to remain anonymous. A third woman, identified as Shona Manderson, accused her on-screen husband of performing a non-consensual sexual act, as BBC reported.
The accused men all denied the allegations. The outlet noted that one of the men was arrested on suspicion of rape back in June.
Channel 4 commissioned an external review of contributor welfare in April, after Panorama brought the allegations to the network, and later pulled all previous seasons from its streaming platforms. Channel 4 chief executive Priya Dogra said in a statement that the review, which examin...