ABC’s latest show The Proposalis canceling its second-ever episode after serious allegations were leveled against one of its participants.
Meshke wrote about her alleged experience in apublic Facebook poston Thursday. Initially, she did not name Friday but shared a photo of male contestants from the show and writing one of them “was directly responsible for my date rape.”
Friday did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. On hearing of the allegations, ABC immediately pulled the pre-recorded episode ofThe Proposalin which Friday appeared in.
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In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE, ABC and Warner Horizon Productions said they take the allegations against Friday “very seriously.”
“An allegation has been made against a contestant on next week’s episode of “The Proposal.” While the accusation was not related to the contestant’s appearance on the program, we take it very seriously,” the statement read.
“ABC and the producers of “The Proposal” are pulling the episode while this matter is under review,” it continued, adding that Friday had been eliminated in the first round of the show.
In her allegations, Meshke described the night she was allegedly sexually assaulted and why she was going public with her story.
“After keeping this buried for nearly eight months, and seeing this man continue to succeed and not be held accountable for his actions, I’ve had enough,” Meshke wrote. “I’ve lost sleep, relationships, self esteem [sic], trust and countless other things because of that night. And I’m done keeping it quiet.”
She did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
“I was threatened afterwards, and told that he was very “powerful” and would “find me” if I told anyone what he did,” Meshke wrote of the unnamed man who she claimed assaulted her.
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Despite the threat, Meshke did confess the alleged assault to close friends and “posted a warning about this man anonymously in a Facebook group.”
“I ran into this person once since at a bar and confronted him, after he attempted to buy me a drink,” she wrote, referring to Friday.
“This man is the pretty face that is used as a lure to get girls into unsafe situations,” Meshke added.
The cancelation comes the same week after it was revealedBachelorettesuitor Lincoln Adim was convicted ofindecent assault and batteryfor groping a woman on a cruise. The guilty verdict came on May 21, just days before the season premiered.
Adim alsoallegedly did not disclosethe charges to Warner Bros, the studio which produces the ABC reality show, at the time of his casting.
“No one onThe Bacheloretteproduction had any knowledge about the incident or charges when Lincoln Adim was cast, and he himself denied ever having engaged in or having been charged with any sexual misconduct,” the studio said in a statement.
source: people.com
