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Reality Show Producers: Video Proves Contestants Were Having Good Time
POSTED: 8:10 am EDT April 16,
2008
UPDATED: 10:12 am EDT April 16,
2008
APOPKA, Fla. -- Eyewitness News obtained new video from the now controversial reality show "Pauper to Princess" that was filming in Apopka.
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Several of the contestants claim they were held against their will. Producers say if you take a look at video footage from the show, the girls can be seen having a good time. They say the girls were tied up, but it was during a silly exercise.One contestant had a much different take, though, and said it was a form of abuse."Some of the tasks, umm, one of them included being tied at the wrists, together. We had to feed each other, go to the bathroom together," Alisha Waismann, a contestant, said. "A lot of us had red marks where he tied us up."The show's director, Mark Brilleman, was arrested after the girls claimed they were brainwashed and forced to stay in the home through intimidation. The producers deny the girls were held against their will.
SLIDESHOW: Images Of Apopka Home, People Involved In ShowCRIME SECTION: Local Reports, Mug Shots, Neighborhood Watch InfoSeveral of the contestants claim they were held against their will. Producers say if you take a look at video footage from the show, the girls can be seen having a good time. They say the girls were tied up, but it was during a silly exercise.One contestant had a much different take, though, and said it was a form of abuse."Some of the tasks, umm, one of them included being tied at the wrists, together. We had to feed each other, go to the bathroom together," Alisha Waismann, a contestant, said. "A lot of us had red marks where he tied us up."The show's director, Mark Brilleman, was arrested after the girls claimed they were brainwashed and forced to stay in the home through intimidation. The producers deny the girls were held against their will.
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