Work on the upcoming ninth season of MTV’s reality series Are You the One? has been put on hold in the wake of a Daily Beast story Sunday, in which former contestant Gianna Hammer accused the producers of drugging her and covering up a sexual assault during the filming of Season 5 in 2017.“We take these issues very seriously and have paused production/casting to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations, the third party production company and further review our internal safety protocols,” an MTV spokesperson said in a statement.In the story, Hammer claims that she had been on anti-anxiety medication when she joined Season 5 of the show, filming in the Dominical Republic.
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