‘Bachelor’ contestant lawyer disputes no misconduct finding
LOS ANGELES » No cast member misbehaved or was in danger on the set of ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise,” producer Warner Bros. said Tuesday after a review of show videotape.
Production on “The Bachelor” spinoff that had been suspended during the probe will resume, Warner said in a statement. ABC immediately said that the reality series will air this summer as planned.
But an attorney for contestant Corinne Olympios dismissed the findings and vowed an independent investigation that he said will include additional witnesses.
The studio’s investigation conducted with an outside law firm found that the footage “does not support any charge of misconduct by a cast member,” Warner said in a statement. The video won’t be released to safeguard the privacy of those involved, Warner said.
Warner hasn’t detailed the allegations reportedly made by a witness to the show’s fourth-season taping in Mexico earlier this month or which contestants were involved.
But last week, Olympios said she was a “victim” who was seeking therapy for what she called the physical and emotional trauma she experienced on the set June 4 but had little memory of.
“It needs to be made crystal clear that production of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ was shut down because of multiple complaints” from producers and crew members on the set but not from Olympios, Martin Singer, her attorney, said in a statement.