Married at First Sight Australia stars not told partners had drug and violence convictions
Endemol Shine Australia is behind the show, which airs in Australia on Channel 9. She was cast with Billy Belcher, who was arrested and sentenced in 2014 for multiple drug-related offences in Perth. Why is the show accepting that risk on our behalf?
- ▪Endemol Shine Australia is behind the show, which airs in Australia on Channel 9.
- ▪She was cast with Billy Belcher, who was arrested and sentenced in 2014 for multiple drug-related offences in Perth.
- ▪Why is the show accepting that risk on our behalf?
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Married at First Sight Australia stars not told partners had drug and violence convictions5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNoor Nanji,Culture correspondent,Katy Watson,Sydney correspondentandGeorgia MacPherson,BBC PanoramaBBCMarried at First Sight Australia stars say the show left them feeling unsafe and unprotected because their on-screen partners had criminal pasts which they were not told about, a BBC investigation can reveal.It comes after the British version of the show, known to many as MAFS UK, was plunged into crisis after BBC Panorama reported rape allegations from two women contestants - allegations the men involved have denied.One woman from last year's Australian series says she was not told the man she had been matched with had a previous drug conviction and only…
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