Ryan De Nino, a recent cast member on season 2 of A&E’s reality show Married at First Sight has entered into a drama that could be the fodder for a reality show of its own, after a shocking tape was released, suggesting that he wanted to speed up the “’til death do us part” section of the vows and do harm to his wife Jessica Castro and her family.
A little background for the uninitiated, the show is based on a Danish series where six singles are paired up into couples by four relationship experts who feel they have found their “perfect match”. These newly arranged couples then agree to marry when they first meet. They wed and then spend their wedding night in a hotel before leaving for a honeymoon. When the honeymoon ends, they continue to live together as a married couple for a month, after which they choose to divorce or stay married. Really? I’d definitely opt for Survivor…or even Jersey Shore. Egads.
In Touch magazine was given access to a tape where Ryan made violent threats to Jessica and her family. The tape was apparently recorded after the series wrapped and the couple, who were married in December of 2014, decided to end their television-created union. Things between the couple were already strained at the taping of the series’ reunion show, where Ryan was overheard saying, “She’s [Jessica] f—ing dead. When I get back to Brooklyn, she’s f—ing dead, this girl.” Court documents have also surfaced, claiming that the show’s production company, Kinetic Content, supplied Jessica with security to protect her against Ryan’s threats, just days before she was granted a restraining order.
In the tape obtained by In Touch, Ryan is heard to say to his bride, “I should smack the s— out of you. What the f— do you think that you can do? let’s be real. What the f— do you think that you can do? I will break you into f—— pieces. I will break your dad into pieces. I will make your whole family disappear and your f—— dog-ass sister’s boyfriend.”
In addition, the magazine reports that Ryan’s show-appointed counsel quit due to his erratic behavior, and, according to a paralegal hired by the show’s producers, Ryan threw a “tantrum” during their meeting to discuss the divorce, then “became even more violent.” And, when asked to leave, she says he “got even more defensive and furious.”
Jessica’s attorney, Marc Rapaport, told In Touch that he believes A&E and Kinetic Content are responsible for not properly vetting the people they cast on their shows – and putting Jessica in danger. A&E and Kinetic assert Ryan was thoroughly screened during the casting process, but it was uncovered that Ryan didn’t provide producers with his real last name, Oehl, and even refused to produce his ID. The attorney asserts, “We are considering potential claims against the production company and network. We believe that in the quest for ratings, our client’s emotional well-being and physical safety were jeopardized.”
Scary, huh? It does raise the question of how these people are cast for reality shows. What kind of background check is done? Remember when VH-1 cast Ryan Jenkins on not one, but 2 shows? (Megan Wants A Millionaire and later, the never-aired I Love Money 3). He was accused of killing model Jasmine Fiore and then ended up taking his own life. After this incident made the national news, how could the producers of this show allow someone to come on the show without producing ID? This incident should serve as a warning to future reality show producers to be a bit more selective in their casting. Hopefully, the producers of this show have learned their lesson and will do whatever it takes to protect Jessica and her family.
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