A former contestant on the hit Netflix show ‘Love Is Blind’ is suing Netflix for “inhumane working conditions” and labor law violations following his experience on the show.

Jeremy Hartwell was a contestant on Love is Blind’s second season and details an experience that is much less fantastical than what viewers saw at home. Hartwell’s lawsuit names Netflix, the show's production company Kinetic Content, and casting company Delirium TV as defendants.

According to his complaint, Hartwell, the director of a mortgage company, details that the show’s production team intentionally altered the emotions and decision-making abilities of cast members by intentionally depriving them of sleep, food, and water. Instead, the show allegedly inundated case members with alcoholic beverages and “cut off their access to personal contacts and most of the outside world.”

Hartwell and his lawyer explained that cast members were only given energy drinks, mixers, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages. Water and other hydrating beverages were only given during the daytime and were not as regularly provided as the other drinks. Hartwell’s lawyer explains that these actions left the cast members “hungry for social connections and altered their emotions and decision-making.”

The lawsuit also contends that there were labor law violations on set because cast members were underpaid. The complaint details that participants were paid as independent contractors who received a flat rate of $1,000 a week. However, Hartwell contends that participants should have been paid as employees because the production company dictated how long participants were to work as well as the manner of the work. Because they were paid as independent contractors, cast members were paid a little over $7.14 per hour, well under the $15 minimum wage requirement in Los Angeles.

Hartwell's lawsuit also details that a contract between participants and the show detailed that if cast members left before filming was completed, they would be held liable for $50,000 in “liquidated damages.” Because of this clause, the lawsuit explains that participants faced a “genuine fear of retaliation and harm to their reputation for any resistance to the orders of those holding the purse strings or they aren’t aware of their rights.”

In a statement shared with TODAY, the named production company defended itself explaining, “Mr. Hartwell’s involvement in Season Two of Love is Blind lasted less than one week. Unfortunately, for Mr. Hartwell, his journey ended early after he failed to develop a significant connection with any other participant. While we will not speculate as to his motives for filing the lawsuit, there is absolutely no merit to Mr. Hartwell’s allegations, and we will vigorously defend against his claims.”

The TV show quickly grew to be one of the most popular shows on Netflix. The reality-based show follows a number of singles who seek out romantic relationships with other cast members. The premise of the show requires cast members to get to know each other without seeing each other in order to establish a romantic relationship.

As part of his lawsuit, Hartwell is seeking unpaid wages including financial compensation over missed rest periods, meal breaks, and other unspecified damages due to unfair business practices.

The lawsuit is being proposed as a possible class action lawsuit that would include other participants in the show and other shows directed by the named defendants. The production company is also behind the hit TV show, Married at First Sight.