Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans ‘genuinely shocked’ and outraged as star returns for season 5 after sexual assault allegations

Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans person been near fuming aft the play 5 trailer dropped earlier today, pursuing the intersexual battle allegations against Gary King.

The bosun archetypal appeared connected the Bravo spin-off bid successful the 2nd season, which aired successful 2021, and has remained portion of the formed ever since, alongside Captain Glenn Shephard and main stewardess Daisy Kelliher.

Last year, viewers were shocked aft a unit subordinate alleged that the 36-year-old tried to unit himself connected her down the scenes – thing helium fiercely denied.

The accusations emerged aft the 5th bid had been filmed, with galore questioning whether it would ever aerial owed to the controversy.

The melodramatic teaser was released contiguous up of the merchandise day connected October 7, showing King and Kelliher astatine the forefront of the play connected board.

However, portion it is not wide however overmuch of a portion helium volition play successful the upcoming season, viewers were reeling implicit the determination and called Bravo retired airing the episodes.

Flocking to the comments beneath the authoritative Below Deck page, Bravo4therestofus posted: ‘Ummmm my knowing was that Gary was NOT coming backmost sooooooooo ?!!,!?! [sic].’

Glamisgrrrl agreed: ‘Right?! So gross they’re conscionable letting him travel back.’

‘How is Gary back??? And why? Ick,’ Arielle_Smith said.

Over connected Reddit, NBCaz commented: ‘Can’t accidental I’m excited to spot that Gary is inactive gonna beryllium a portion of this [sic].’

As Pinsleric added: ‘Not lone is Gary not scrubbed, he’s featured successful the trailer. I’m genuinely shocked.’

Last year, Samantha Suarez claimed that she met King portion preparing for play 4 successful Sardinia and had accompanied him backmost to his edifice successful July 2022, aft helium had filmed interviews for the show.

The erstwhile unit subordinate – who worked connected the hairsbreadth and constitution team, and would besides assistance the endowment manager with tasks – alleged that helium was drunk and behaving erratically portion she attempted to support him contained successful his room.

She claimed to Rolling Stone that helium suggested for her to articulation him successful bed, and that helium greeted her successful his underwear erstwhile she aboriginal returned, earlier coming up down her and grabbing her, pressing her against his assemblage and refusing to fto go.

Suarez said that she instantly informed bosses of the incidental and had meetings with enforcement producers and the show’s endowment manager, insisting that she didn’t consciousness comfy moving astir King.

Others besides claimed that helium was seen grabbing a pistillate unit member’s bum and continued to interaction her inappropriately erstwhile she asked him to stop.

When 1 squad subordinate reported his behavior, they claimed that nary 1 acknowledged it initially, earlier a shaper yet stepped successful to inquire him to stop.

Both Suarez and the unit member, who was vocal astir what they witnessed, were reportedly not asked to instrumentality to the show, having worked connected the franchise for immoderate clip – portion King returned for the pursuing season.

The allegations emerged successful August and the world prima aboriginal denied them. He posted a connection connected Instagram successful November, vowing: ‘It’s bittersweet that radical volition bash thing successful their powerfulness to bring you down.

‘It’s not astir however you autumn but however you get up. Luckily for maine the autumn was into a oversea of daisies.’

The station is presently inactive disposable and includes immoderate of the hashtags: ‘#iwascancelledbecauseofalie #anythingforaplatform #dontbelieveeverythingyousee #ivegotmyheadheldhigh #worldisanuglyplace #iwouldneverdothat #onwardsandupwards.’

At the clip of the Rolling Stone article, a Bravo spokesperson told Metro.co.uk in a statement: ‘Bravo is committed to maintaining a harmless and respectful workplace for formed and unit connected our world shows.

‘We necessitate our third-party accumulation companies to person due workplace policies and trainings successful spot and a wide process connected however to study concerns.

‘The concerns Ms Suarez raised successful July 2022 were investigated astatine that clip and enactment was taken based connected the findings.’

A spokesperson for 51 Minds Entertainment, the institution that produces Below Deck, added to the outlet: ‘51 Minds is committed to providing an situation successful which each subordinate of the casts and crews connected our productions consciousness respected and, astir importantly, safe.

‘51 Minds provides mandatory harassment and sensitivity grooming for each bid it produces astatine the outset of each caller play and lays retired a wide process connected however and to whom to study immoderate questionable activity.

‘With immoderate ailment filed, a timely probe is launched and, based connected the findings, due actions are implemented to guarantee the information of our formed and crew, up to and including termination.

‘With respect to the incidental reported by Ms Suarez involving Mr King, the lawsuit was investigated and reviewed arsenic soon arsenic it was submitted, and accumulation acted accordingly based connected the results.’

Bravo declined to remark erstwhile approached by Metro.co.uk.

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