The streaming service is being sued by a participant from the second season of the Netflix series Love Is Blind for allegedly breaking labor regulations.
Producers allegedly urged the cast to consume alcohol while restricting their access to food and water and underpaying them, according to Jeremy Hartwell.
According to the production business Kinetic Content, Mr. Hartwell’s accusations have “absolutely no merit.”
A spokeswoman added, “We will firmly defend the charges.
Together with Delirium TV, Kinetic’s casting agency, the case names Netflix and Kinetic Content as defendants in Los Angeles’ Superior Court of California.
The competitors in Love Is Blind meet their dates but are unable to see one another and are limited to speaking only through speakers.
The hopefuls then form couples, but they can’t actually meet until they’ve been engaged.
Onscreen, some relationships end in marriage while others fail.
The lawsuit contends that since producers made all choices regarding the nature of the cast’s labor and the number of hours they worked, they should have been classified as employees rather than independent contractors under California state law.
