Love Is Blind has reportedly settled the class action lawsuit filed by the show alum Jeremy Hartwell.
According to the participant of the season 2 Haseeb Hussainthe production company behind Love Is Blind finally settled the case out of court.
“So, the producers of Love Is Blind they just settled their class action lawsuit and I just got the notice in the mail,” Hussain, himself a lawyer, said in a December 2024 TikTok video holding a legal notice. “They’re paying a total of $1.4 million to the class representative , which is (Hartwell), 35 percent to the lawyers, which is only half a million dollars, which is crazy because all I get is $4,000, which is the rest of it Love Is Blind seasons 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Ultimatum (seasons) 1 and 2.”
According to Hussain, if he “wants more,” he can back 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 put through “emotional warfare” during their time on the show. “The well-being of our participants is of the utmost importance to Kinetic,” the production company told Variety in a statement on Tuesday, April 18. “We have strict protocols (…)
“It would mean a lot more work that I would have to do, so it might be worth getting $4 (thousand),” Hussain said in his TikTok video, noting that the lawsuit had merit because the show apparently mistakenly labeled participants as independent. contractors instead of employees.
In Hussain’s comment section on TikTok, Friend Season 2 Kyle Abrams noted that “(his) number was different”. Shayne Jansenfor his part, he asked if he would also receive an amount.
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“Maybe more than me,” Hussain replied.
Abrams, 32, and Jansen, 35, were briefly engaged Shaina Hurley AND Natalie Leerespectively, after the experiment season set in Chicago. Hussain and Hartwell, who was the first to file the lawsuit, both left single pods.
Us Weekly confirmed in July 2022 that Hartwell sued Netflix and Kinetic Content, alleging the show’s producers “deliberately underpaid” cast members and “deprived them of food, water and sleep.”
While the premise of Netflix’s Love Is Blind is to help singles find their perfect match, the experiment hasn’t come without drama. During Season 2 of the dating show, which premiered in February 2022, numerous love triangles blossomed. In one corner, Shayne Jansen connected with Natalie Lee and Shaina Hurley, and in another, Jarrete (…)
“The contracts required the contestants to agree that if they left the show before filming was complete, they would be penalized by being required to pay $50,000 in ‘liquidated damages,'” Hartwell’s attorney. Chantal Paytonsaid in a statement at the time. “With that being 50 times more than some of the cast members would earn in their entire time working, it certainly had the potential to instill fear in the cast and allow the production to exert even more control.”
Jeremy Hartwell in Love Is Blind.
Sir Baffo/NetflixKinetic Content, for its part, denied the allegations.
“Mr. Hartwell’s involvement in Season 2 of Love is Blind lasted less than a week,” said a representative for the production company. us that same month. “Unfortunately for Mr Hartwell, his trip ended early as he failed to develop a meaningful 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 claims.”
Neither Hartwell nor Kinetic Content have publicly addressed the proposed solution.
