‘Love is Blind’ Producer Defeats Assault Claims in Split Appeal

A production company for Netflix’s “Love is Blind” no longer faces civil assault claims in Texas from a contestant who says she was sexually assaulted by another contestant, a Texas appeals court said Thursday, citing that the alleged assault would have occurred during filming in Mexico.

However, Kinetic Content, LLC must still defend claims of false imprisonment and negligence since they relate to filming in Houston, the setting for the majority of the fifth season, the court said.

Participant Tran Dang says Kinetic downplayed an assault from fellow participant Thomas Smith, taking no action to help her despite having around-the-clock ...