“Bachelor” creator Michael Fleiss is reportedly being investigated by police in Kauai, Hawaii, over allegations of violence and threats levelled by his pregnant wife, Laura Kaeppeler Fleiss, according to multiple reports. Kauai Police Department spokesperson Kim Tamaoka confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, one day after Laura was granted a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband by...
- 7/17/2019
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The class action lawsuit against The Bachelor and The Bachelorette was dismissed today. In a 23-page ruling (read it here), Judge Aleta Trauger in a Tennessee district court granted the motion to dismiss the racial discrimination suit requested by defendants ABC, Warner Horizon Television, Next Entertainment, Nzk Productions and the show’s executive producer Michael Fleiss. Football players Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed the suit in April to protest that the shows never have a winner “who is a person of color.” The two black plaintiffs, who say they auditioned unsuccessfully for The Bachelor, also wanted an injunction to force the shows to have persons of color as finalists — they did not get that either. “The plaintiffs’ goals here are laudable. …Nevertheless, the First Amendment prevents the plaintiffs from effectuating these goals by forcing the defendants to employ race-neutral criteria in their casting decisions in order to ‘showcase’ a more progressive message,...
- 10/15/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
ABC says allegations that The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are racist are “demonstrably false and unsupportable.” In a motion filed yesterday (read it here) seeking dismissal of the April 18 lawsuit against the shows, their producers and the network, ABC said the lawsuit “violates the First Amendment, which protects Defendants’ creative choices concerning the content — including the casting — of the television series that they produce and broadcast to the public.” The network goes on to cite legal precedent to say “it is well settled that ‘[e]ntertainment, as well as political and ideological speech, is protected’ fully by the First Amendment.” Back in April, football players Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a class-action lawsuit against the reality shows for racial discrimination. The suit stated that over the course of both series a person of color has never been the finalist or the one picking their potential mate on the shows. The duo,...
- 6/29/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
New York — Robert Galinsky's students were predominantly white when he taught acting. Now that he tries to help people break into a different form of show business as operator of the New York Reality TV School, about half of his students are racial minorities.
That accounts for his skepticism about claims by producers of ABC's "The Bachelor" series that they've had a hard time finding black singles willing to be on the show.
The nearly all-white racial makeup of the series (and its spinoff, "The Bachelorette") has simmered as an issue for years. Now it's in the forefront with the filing of a lawsuit last week by two black men from Nashville, Tenn., who say they were given little consideration when they tried to get on the show.
Through 16 seasons, all of the men given star billing to search for a mate were white. Same with the women in...
That accounts for his skepticism about claims by producers of ABC's "The Bachelor" series that they've had a hard time finding black singles willing to be on the show.
The nearly all-white racial makeup of the series (and its spinoff, "The Bachelorette") has simmered as an issue for years. Now it's in the forefront with the filing of a lawsuit last week by two black men from Nashville, Tenn., who say they were given little consideration when they tried to get on the show.
Through 16 seasons, all of the men given star billing to search for a mate were white. Same with the women in...
- 4/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) -- Two black men are taking "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in Nashville Wednesday against the popular TV shows claiming they are engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination that intentionally excludes people of color. The Nashville men said at a casting call in August that they were given scant consideration compared to white men seeking a leading role for "The Bachelor."Claybrooks said white applicants were given far more time and consideration during the interview process."I only wanted a fair shot at the part," said the soft-spoken Claybrooks, a 39-year-old college graduate and electric company meter reader who owns several small businesses. "Looking back at how I was treated at the casting call last year, it was clear that that wasn't possible.
- 4/18/2012
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Nashville, Tenn. — Two black men are taking "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.
Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in Nashville Wednesday. It says the popular TV shows are engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination that intentionally excludes people of color.
The two men say that after 10 years and a combined total of 23 seasons of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette," neither has featured a single person of color in a central role.
The lawsuit names Michael Fleiss, the creator of the shows, as well as ABC, Warner Horizon Television, Next Entertainment and Nzk Productions.
Calls and emails to Fleiss' publicist and an email to an ABC publicist were not immediately returned.
The Nashville residents, one a small business owner and the other a teacher, applied unsuccessfully last year for...
Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in Nashville Wednesday. It says the popular TV shows are engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination that intentionally excludes people of color.
The two men say that after 10 years and a combined total of 23 seasons of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette," neither has featured a single person of color in a central role.
The lawsuit names Michael Fleiss, the creator of the shows, as well as ABC, Warner Horizon Television, Next Entertainment and Nzk Productions.
Calls and emails to Fleiss' publicist and an email to an ABC publicist were not immediately returned.
The Nashville residents, one a small business owner and the other a teacher, applied unsuccessfully last year for...
- 4/18/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The producers of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" are responsible for encouraging racism across the country by refusing to cast black people in the shows' central roles -- this according to a new class action lawsuit. Christopher Johnson and Nathaniel Claybrooks filed the lawsuit today in Tennessee federal court against the shows' producers -- claiming they both auditioned for "The Bachelor" in Nashville in August 2011 ... but were brazenly denied based solely on the color of their skin.
- 4/18/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Football players Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a class-action lawsuit today in federal court in Nashville against The Bachelor and The Bachelorette for racial discrimination. According to the suit (read it here exclusively), “over the course of 23 seasons, not one time has the show’s eclectic mix ever included a Bachelor or Bachelorette who is a person of color.” Seeking unstated damages and fees, the 24-page filing also asks the court “that an injunction be issued requiring Defendants to consider persons of color as finalists for the role of the Bachelor and the Bachelorette.” Bachelor executive producer and Bachelorette creator Michael Fleiss, ABC, Warner Horizon Television, Next Entertainment, and Nzk Productions are all named as defendants. The Bachelor has been on the air since 2002, The Bachelorette has been on since 2003. Claybrooks and Johnson, both black, say they unsuccessfully auditioned for The Bachelor. “Mr. Claybrooks’ interview lasted for a much...
- 4/18/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
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