'The Proposal' Episode Pulled Over Sexual Assault Allegations
by EG
ABC has made the decision not to air the second episode of its new series The Proposal because of sexual assault allegations that have been levelled at one of the show's contestants. The network says it's reviewing the situation, so further actions might be on the way. Read on for details.
Via People.
ABC’s latest show The Proposal is canceling its second-ever episode after serious allegations were leveled against one of its participants.
Show contestant Michael J. Friday was accused by a Milwaukee, Wisconsin woman named Erica Denae Meshke of facilitating her sexual assault in early November.
Meshke wrote about her alleged experience in a public Facebook post on 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.”
She then shared a screenshot of Friday’s Instagram account in the comments section which identified him as the man she was writing about.
Friday did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. On hearing of the allegations, ABC immediately pulled the pre-recorded episode of The Proposal in which Friday appeared in.
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.
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