\u201cIt was an allegation that had no proof,\u201d Lomu said, adding that he insisted producers instruct the accuser to take their claims to police so he could have an opportunity to clear his name.<\/p>\n
Karungalekar said Channel Nine were unable to produce \u201creceipts of SA [sexual assault] or DV [domestic violence]\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI personally got one DM [direct message] from a burner account from one of the girls saying \u2018Run for your life, this man is manipulative and he\u2019s cheated a lot of people\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Karungalekar, who works as a sports reporter, told Woman\u2019s Day she requested time to think about her options, but shortly after, the couple was told they would no longer be participating in the experiment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were floored that Channel Nine made such a huge decision based on TikTok videos without receipts,\u201d she said to Sky News, questioning how they could be removed after completing the show\u2019s rigorous vetting process.<\/p>\n
Lomu, a financial broker, described feeling \u201cshook\u201d and crying after being told of the internal investigation into the anonymous commenter\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease tell me how a SA allegation came to light with no proof and no criminal history or any flags being raised on the background check,\u201d Lomu wrote in an Instagram comment, maintaining his innocence.<\/p>\n
The Daily Mail reported producers told Lomu that leaving the show would be in his best interests for his mental health, a decision he says was a cop-out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe real ones know the truth,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cLost opportunities come and go, but never let them define you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Channel Nine has not responded to Lomu and Karungalekar\u2018s comments.<\/p>\n
Married at First Sight was created in Denmark, with the first season debuting in 2013.<\/p>\n
The Australian adaptation sees new couples participate in commitment ceremonies, rather than legally binding marriages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was an allegation that had no proof,\u201d Lomu said, adding that he insisted producers instruct the accuser…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1117,74,85970,1975,85,95166,682,35943,8414,6129,116946,156,1888,71,100699,9610,111,139,69,1118,3111,6045,156190,520,1963,7680,1305,18916,49954,2846,13118,1339],"class_list":["post-277978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-accused","tag-after","tag-allegation","tag-at","tag-australia","tag-axed","tag-being","tag-contestants","tag-couple","tag-crimes","tag-edits","tag-entertainment","tag-first","tag-from","tag-groom","tag-married","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-out","tag-reality","tag-receipts","tag-relationship","tag-series","tag-sex","tag-show","tag-sight","tag-speaking","tag-them","tag-violence","tag-without"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}