One of the male participants in the reality show Paradise hotel is sent home after accusations from two female participants of abuse.
Shortly after the episode where the abuse is said to have been published, the entire season was taken down and on Thursday a preliminary investigation was launched into the incident.
This has provoked reactions on social media where many believe that production should have intervened earlier.
"We men must get better"
One of those who reacted is this year's participant Ikenna Abika, who believes that the production continuously needs to mark against the jargon that can be created inside the house.
- There are many who do not dare to come forward when something like this happens and the production must come in voluntarily instead of waiting for us to come to them when we encounter problems.
We men must also become better at marking against events like these, says Ikenna Abika.
"Clearly there is a stereotype in the casting"
Participant Niklas Arleryd agrees that the production could have been more visible.
- It's part of the experiment.
We should be in this bubble, but there are levels of seriousness.
When such a serious situation arises where someone has to intervene, the responsibility lies with the production and I do not think that they have done a good job, he says.
He also criticizes the mood, which he believes that the production does not do much to influence, but rather encourages through the casting process.
- It is clear that there is some kind of stereotype of PH participants that they want in because they cast these people.
Reviewing previous seasons
Nent, the media company behind Paradise hotel Sweden, has previously emphasized that they did not receive an incident report on the events of this year's season.
An internal investigation of the production has now been started together with the production company Mastiff.
- We did not have a complete picture of what material was available or what these girls had been exposed to.
We will now go to the bottom with where it has broken down and how we are going to move forward.
We will not only look at this season but also historically.
We are customers and the well-being of the participants is ultimately our responsibility and therefore we have taken this very seriously, says Susanne Nylén, press manager at Nent.
In an email to SVT, the production company Mastiff's CEO Matilda Snöwall answers:
“We are currently in a phase where we put all our focus on the participants, help the police with all material that consists of uncut and cut films and internally manage and review our processes, routines and working methods.
The police investigation is important to us as it will show whether we have missed or misjudged anything in the current situation and based on this draw conclusions for the future. "
Hear the male participants about how they view the culture inside the house in the clip above.