‘Love Is Blind’ Production Company Fires Back at Jeremy Hartwell Lawsuit: His Journey ‘Lasted Less Than 1 Week’

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Love Is Blind’s production company, Kinetic Content, has responded to former contestant Jeremy Hartwell’s lawsuit — claiming there is no truth to his allegations.“Mr.

Hartwell’s involvement in season 2 of Love is Blind lasted less than one week,” a rep for the production company told Us Weekly on Thursday, July 14. “Unfortunately, for Mr.

Hartwell, his journey ended early after he failed to develop a significant connection with any other participant. While we will not speculate as to his motives for filing the lawsuit, there is absolutely no merit to Mr.

Hartwell’s allegations.Kinetic Content concluded its statement by revealing that “we will vigorously defend against these claims.”The company’s response comes just one day after the Chicago native filed a lawsuit making serious allegations about how Netflix and its producers treated cast members of the reality series.In the court documents obtained by Us on Wednesday, July 13, the University of Michigan alum alleged that “the only drinks that [the show] regularly provided to the cast were alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, energy drinks and mixers,” further claiming that “hydrating drinks such as water were strictly limited to the cast during the day.”The paperwork also alleged that cast members were not allowed to contact their friends and family upon arrival. “At times, defendants left members of the cast alone for hours at a time with no access to a phone, food, or any other type of contact with the outside world until they were required to return to working on the production,” the docs read.Hartwell’s attorney, Chantal Payton of Payton Employment Law, PC, of Los Angeles, also claimed in a statement on Wednesday that the show “intentionally underpaid the cast members,