Netflix & ‘Love Is Blind’ Producers Slapped By Renee Poche Over $4M Dispute & “Illegal” NDAs

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Justice may be blind, but it’s hard to look away from the legal mess Love is Blind has become. Back in October, reality series contestant Tran Dang went after Love is Blind production companies Kinetic Content and Delirium TV with a sexual assault, false imprisonment and negligence lawsuit.

Now, Season 5 participant Renee Poche is suing Delirium and Netflix to stop a $4 million arbitration the producers took against her in November for “some limited public remarks about her distressing time on the Program, including the terrifying experiences she had with Wall.” Similar to claims Dang made last year, Poche details what allegedly really went down behind the sordid scenes during her time on Love Is Blind. “On her first night in Los Angeles, the Program’s production staff seized Poche’s phone, passport, and driver’s license,” today’s complaint says. “When not filming, Poche was locked in her hotel room, unable to leave without a ‘castwrangler’ accompanying her.

She was expressly forbidden from interacting not only with otherparticipants but also with random hotel guests and staff. In some ways, and this is a sentiment shared by many participants, Poche felt like a prisoner.” “This dispute is ripe for adjudication because Delirium has initiated arbitration against Poche for purportedly violating her unlawful nondisclosure agreement,” states the complaint filed in LA Superior Court by lawyers Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos on January 2. “Poche contends that the Agreement is itself illegal and unenforceable and brings this action to vindicate her legal rights under California law.” The jury trial seeking action wants a court declaration that the NDA is “illegal, invalid and unenforceable,” as well as a handful of damages.