Former ‘Love Is Blind’ Cast Member Sues Netflix for ‘Inhu…

Former Love Is Blind contestant Stephen Richardson has sued Netflix over alleged “inhumane working conditions” during his time on the reality dating show.

As reported by Variety on Tuesday (Sept. 16), Richardson, who was a contestant on Season 7 of the series, filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court, naming Netflix and two production companies as defendants.

In addition to allegations that fellow contestants were “willfully misclassified” as “independent contractors,” Richardson claims that employers used “excessive control over the manner, means and timing of the work.”

Along with alleged dangerous working conditions, Richardson accuses employers of “exerting complete domination over their time,” preventing them from taking on outside work opportunities.

The class action lawsuit claims that Richardson’s conditions were shared by other Love Is Blind cast members who were on the show for at least four years prior to the filing. The media personality, who seeks unspecified damages, also intends for the suit to represent other reality television participants.

Richardson is the second former Love Is Blind alum to legally go after the show’s creators after Renee Poche, who appeared in Season 5 of the hit Netflix dating competition.

Poche alleged that she was a victim of distress and violations of California labor codes, but arbitration procedures were started against Roche, alleging that she breached a nondisclosure agreement.

“I believe Delirium is trying to silence the abuse that occurs behind the cameras and ruin me for telling the truth,” Roche told Variety about the suit last year. “I felt it was only right to let others know the truth of what all of the castmates had to endure.”

Richardson claimsedthat he was similarly required to pay $97,529.77 for infringing upon an agreement.