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'Series shouldn't have been broadcast' - former MAFS psychologist

Police have urged potential victims of sexual assault on the Channel 4 reality TV show Married At First Sight UK to get in touch, after two women alleged they’d been raped and another made claims of sexual misconduct.
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The channel has now launched two investigations - one into the allegations and another into the care offered to participants, after the allegations were made in a BBC Panorama programme.
Dr Jo Hemmings, a psychologist who's worked in reality TV for more than twenty years on shows including Married at First Sight UK and Big Brother, tells Channel 4 News that the ‘series shouldn't have been broadcast’.
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