The public won’t get to see what’s going to go down in the $4 million battle between Love Is Blind contestant Renee Poche and producers Delirium and Netflix.
“The motion to compel arbitration is granted as to Defendants Delirium TV, LLC and Netflix, Inc.,” ruled LA Superior Court Judge Bruce G. Iwasaki today after a downtown hearing. “This matter is stayed pending the outcome of arbitration.”
“The parties have clearly agreed to delegate the Court’s responsibility to determine arbitrability to the arbitrator to decide,” the judge added of the ‘clear and unmistakable” language in Poche’s nondisclosure agreement. “The matter is delegated to the arbitrator to decide all the substantive issues raised by Plaintiff’s opposition to arbitration.”
In the sometimes contentious hearing itself, Judge Iwasaki put it even more bluntly: “The court is stuck with the contract. That’s the contract.”
Back in January, LiB Season 5 participant...
“The motion to compel arbitration is granted as to Defendants Delirium TV, LLC and Netflix, Inc.,” ruled LA Superior Court Judge Bruce G. Iwasaki today after a downtown hearing. “This matter is stayed pending the outcome of arbitration.”
“The parties have clearly agreed to delegate the Court’s responsibility to determine arbitrability to the arbitrator to decide,” the judge added of the ‘clear and unmistakable” language in Poche’s nondisclosure agreement. “The matter is delegated to the arbitrator to decide all the substantive issues raised by Plaintiff’s opposition to arbitration.”
In the sometimes contentious hearing itself, Judge Iwasaki put it even more bluntly: “The court is stuck with the contract. That’s the contract.”
Back in January, LiB Season 5 participant...
- 3/22/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In recent years, the real Love Is Blind drama hasn't happened in the pods or in spacious hotel rooms in Mexico — it's played out on social media, where rumors have swirled about cast members' suspicious behavior and past indiscretions. Season 4 brought us conspiracy theories about Kwame Appiah hiring an actor to play his sister on the show (a claim he denied), while Season 5 participant Renee Poche confirmed her engagement to Carter Wall was cut from the show entirely. These off-screen controversies have become just as interesting, if not more, than what airs on Netflix, but they've barely registered during the reunions, with hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey either mentioning them briefly before moving on, or ignoring them altogether.
- 3/14/2024
- by Claire Spellberg Lustig
- Primetimer
Renee Poche, a season five contestant on Love Is Blind, has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and Delirium TV.
Poche, a veterinarian from Texas, also claimed that she was hardly shown on screen.
Through her lawyers Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos, Poche filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court after the production company, Delirium TV, initiated a private arbitration case against her for her allegedly violation their nondisclosure agreement. The company is seeking to nullify her contract.
Poche claims that her issues with the production began immediately upon her arrival on set. She alleges that the crew confiscated her phone, passport and driver’s license upon arrival and forced her to stay locked in a hotel room “like a prisoner.”
She was then thrust into an on-screen relationship with Carter Wall, a fellow cast member who Poche described as a “walking red flag” that she was “utterly terrified of.
Poche, a veterinarian from Texas, also claimed that she was hardly shown on screen.
Through her lawyers Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos, Poche filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court after the production company, Delirium TV, initiated a private arbitration case against her for her allegedly violation their nondisclosure agreement. The company is seeking to nullify her contract.
Poche claims that her issues with the production began immediately upon her arrival on set. She alleges that the crew confiscated her phone, passport and driver’s license upon arrival and forced her to stay locked in a hotel room “like a prisoner.”
She was then thrust into an on-screen relationship with Carter Wall, a fellow cast member who Poche described as a “walking red flag” that she was “utterly terrified of.
- 1/18/2024
- by Morgan Lee Powers
- Uinterview
When Renee Poche received word that she'd been cast on Love Is Blind, the Texas veterinarian was excited about the opportunity to find a partner -- and maybe a modicum of fame -- on Netflix's most popular dating show.
But as she explains in a new interview with Variety, Poche soon found herself in a hellish situation involving abuse, isolation, and some very messy legal drama.
According to legal documents filed by Poche, the nightmare began when production staff seized her phone, passport, and driver’s license and proceeded to lock her in a hotel room.
Poche says her safety was further compromised when she was pressured into an abusive relationship with Carter Wall, a fellow contestant who made his way through the show's vetting process despite being unemployed, unhoused, and addicted to multiple substances.
Poche's story might be more horrifying than most, but sadly, her situation is not...
But as she explains in a new interview with Variety, Poche soon found herself in a hellish situation involving abuse, isolation, and some very messy legal drama.
According to legal documents filed by Poche, the nightmare began when production staff seized her phone, passport, and driver’s license and proceeded to lock her in a hotel room.
Poche says her safety was further compromised when she was pressured into an abusive relationship with Carter Wall, a fellow contestant who made his way through the show's vetting process despite being unemployed, unhoused, and addicted to multiple substances.
Poche's story might be more horrifying than most, but sadly, her situation is not...
- 1/5/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
Love Is Blind Season 5 featured plenty of intense moments, but the real drama is happening off-screen.
The Netflix reality show is facing another lawsuit from a cast member who says she was put in unsafe situations while filming. Renee Poche is suing Netflix and production company Delirium TV, claiming they violated California labor law and intentionally inflicted emotional distress. Poche’s lawsuit follows another suit from fellow cast member Tran Dang, who says production failed to step in after her fiancé sexually assaulted her during filming.
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The Netflix reality show is facing another lawsuit from a cast member who says she was put in unsafe situations while filming. Renee Poche is suing Netflix and production company Delirium TV, claiming they violated California labor law and intentionally inflicted emotional distress. Poche’s lawsuit follows another suit from fellow cast member Tran Dang, who says production failed to step in after her fiancé sexually assaulted her during filming.
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- 1/4/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Former Love Is Blind contestant Renee Poche claimed her ex-fiancé on the show was violent and emotionally abusive, and that the show’s producers were well aware of these issues and did little to help.
The Austin-based veterinarian was part of Season Five and ended up partnering up with Carter Wall, whom the suit claims was “broke and jobless, but also homeless, violent, estranged from his parents, and actively addicted to amphetamines and alcohol.” (The suit was first reported by Variety.)
Noting the extensive interview, screening, and background check process...
The Austin-based veterinarian was part of Season Five and ended up partnering up with Carter Wall, whom the suit claims was “broke and jobless, but also homeless, violent, estranged from his parents, and actively addicted to amphetamines and alcohol.” (The suit was first reported by Variety.)
Noting the extensive interview, screening, and background check process...
- 1/3/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
One Love Is Blind Season 5 couple’s engagement journey was completely cut from the season. Renee Poche (pictured above) and Carter Wall got engaged in the pods and made it all the way to the altar, as Poche has revealed in public comments since the fifth installment came out, but this storyline was not part of the episodes. Poche is now suing Love Is Blind‘s production company Delirium TV and Netflix for alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit comes after Delirium and Netflix quietly took legal action against Poche for allegedly breaking her non-disclosure agreement, which may explain her absence from the season. Poche detailed her tumultuous relationship with Wall in an October 2023 episode of the Out of the Pods podcast, hosted by Love Is Blind Season 2 stars Deepti Vampati and Natalie Lee. In the episode, Poche said that production knew she felt unsafe around Wall, whom...
- 1/3/2024
- TV Insider
In November 2021, a “Love Is Blind” casting agent reached out to Renee Poche on Instagram to see if she would be interested in participating in the Netflix reality phenomenon that encourages romance between participants before they see one another other face to face. After passing a grueling interview process, the Texas veterinarian began filming in April 2022, joining the Season 5 cast of 15 men and 15 women in Los Angeles.
On her first night, production staff seized Poche’s phone, passport and driver’s license, she claims in legal filings, and kept her locked in her hotel room, unable to leave without a cast wrangler accompanying her. Poche wound up in a so-called showmance with Carter Wall, who landed a spot on the series despite being allegedly broke, jobless, unhoused, violent and addicted to amphetamines and alcohol — a stunning feat given the thorough vetting done by Delirium TV, the show’s production company.
On her first night, production staff seized Poche’s phone, passport and driver’s license, she claims in legal filings, and kept her locked in her hotel room, unable to leave without a cast wrangler accompanying her. Poche wound up in a so-called showmance with Carter Wall, who landed a spot on the series despite being allegedly broke, jobless, unhoused, violent and addicted to amphetamines and alcohol — a stunning feat given the thorough vetting done by Delirium TV, the show’s production company.
- 1/3/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
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