Netflix’s landmark reality franchise Love Is Blind has been a controversial yet unavoidable part of pop culture since it debuted in January 2020. Five years in, the original U.S.-based series has developed a growing list of misconduct accusations and lawsuits from former contestants. The numerous complaints, mostly from cast members in the second and fifth seasons, have raised concerns about the alleged exploitation of participants and whether the series, either in concept or during its production, places its participants in possible places of harm. Below, we summarize the history of allegations brought against the series in various lawsuits and reports, in chronological order of when the events became public knowledge.
