"Love Is Blind" contestant accuses Netflix show of "inhumane" working conditions

A former "Love Is Blind" contestant is accusing the Netflix show of "inhumane working conditions" on set, including plying contestants with alcohol and failing to give them proper payment or food breaks. Jeremy Hartwell, who was on season 2 of the show, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court last month, seeking damages for unpaid wages, missed rest periods and meal breaks, "unfair business practices and labor code violations."

Hartwell's suit names Netflix, Kinetic Content, Delirium TV and the show's staff as defendants. While he was cast on the series, Hartwell was not a part of one of the six couples who left the pods engaged. 

First premiering in 2020, "Love Is Blind" puts single adults into dating pods, where they can hear but not see the person across from the them. During a series of dates, they must decide whether they're willing to get engaged to someone they've never seen. Once couples choose to get engaged, they go on a honeymoon and then enter a version of real life, introducing their chosen significant other to friends and family, before deciding in the season finale whether to say "I do."