Love Is BlindSeason 5 Participant Files Lawsuit Alleging She Was 'Forced' to Stay with 'Abusive' Fiancé

Mar. 15, 2025

Renee Poche.Photo:Monty Brinton/Netflix

Monty Brinton/Netflix

Love Is Blindis facing another lawsuit from aseason 5participant.

“OnLove Is Blind… you come and go as you choose. You are not required to stay. If you stay, that is your decision,” Coelen told PEOPLE in October. “The participants are not under our control. They are living their lives. We come in, we film them for a period of time, we leave. They can leave — as many, many, many people have before — anytime they want.”

Coelen added, “If anybody ever came to us and said they felt unsafe in any way, we would immediately remove them from the experiment and talk to them, and try to get to the bottom of it … We do not tell people what to say, what to do, we consistently tell people that this is their journey, this is their life to lead as they choose. We’re there to follow it.”

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“Production was insistent that all participants had been vetted and were ‘marriage material,'” the complaint states.

Once inside the pods, Poche said she “hit it off” with Wall, who she “later found out had lied about almost everything,” according to the complaint. Per the complaint, Wall was allegedly “unemployed with a negative balance in his bank account, homeless, violent, estranged from his family, and actively addicted to drugs and alcohol” at the time of filming.

“Wall regularly berated Poche, stole from the set or places they visited, and solicited others to buy painkillers and amphetamines for him,” the complaint alleges. “Wall was emotionally abusive on and off camera, lied malignantly, and heavily abused drugs and alcohol.”

Carter Wall.Cater Wall/ Instagram

Cater Wall/ Instagram

“In Houston, production staff warned Poche to ensure Wall had no access to firearms or other weapons because they were concerned he would hurt himself, her, or others,” the complaint alleges.

Poche stated in the complaint that she became “utterly terrified to be around him and made her misgivings clear to production.” Despite that, the vet alleges she was “forced to spend long stretches of time alone with him” and was told she “would subject herself to legal action if she were to discontinue her participation in the Program or otherwise refuse to move forward with the engagement.”

Renee Poche and Carter Wall.Monty Brinton/Netflix

After ending her relationship with Wall once filming wrapped, Poche learned their storyline would not be featured on the show. She then began making “some limited public remarks about her distressing time” on the show.

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Poche believes that the agreement was “illegal and unenforceable” and she is now seeking “relief” from the court for “any and all forms of liability.”

source: people.com