Former Married At First Sight contestant Shona Manderson has said she is receiving a lot of “blame” and “judgement” over sexual misconduct allegations she has made regarding her co-star.<\/p>\n
The Channel 4 dating show is the subject of a BBC Panorama documentary that also features two other anonymous women who allege they were raped by their on-screen husbands.<\/p>\n
All three men deny the allegations.<\/p>\n
Manderson, who accused her on-screen partner of sexual misconduct during the 2023 series of the show, told her Instagram followers that the main issue in her case was consent.<\/p>\n
In a video posted to her account, she said: “I am seeing a lot of blame and a lot of judgment around one part of my story, and it is not okay.<\/p>\n
“I feel like the point has been missed completely, and the point is consent.”<\/p>\n
Manderson said she and her then-partner had agreed to use the pull-out method of contraception during intercourse, but she alleges that he then went against the agreement.<\/p>\n
She added: “It made me feel out of control of my own body and I have seen so many comments about pregnancy, contraception.<\/p>\n
“Why did you stay? Why did you leave? Why are you really just speaking up now? And this was never the point.<\/p>\n
“The point was consent.”<\/p>\n