Below Deck Down Under: Jason Chambers addresses sexual misconduct row

Captain Jason Chambers from Australian world bid Below Deck Down Under has addressed intersexual misconduct connected the show's set.

He thanked the accumulation unit for "breaking the 4th partition and stepping in" during 2 incidents during filming for the caller series.

Two formed members were seen making unwanted intersexual advances successful caller episodes of the yacht-based production.

Both formed members, Luke Jones and Laura Bileskalne, were fired connected the show.

The fashionable bid is successful the spotlight aft 2 incidents were featured successful the sixth and seventh episodes, which some aired connected Australian TV presumption Bravo connected 7 August.

Capt Chambers said the "not acceptable" incidents took spot a twelvemonth ago, erstwhile helium was not personally present, aft formed members had been drinking together.

In an Instagram video, helium said "I don't cognize what goes on" erstwhile the show's unit socialise together, but added: "If it's inadequate behaviour, you've seen that accumulation would pass me."

Luke Jones, who has featured successful 11 episodes of the series, was shown entering the compartment of chap formed subordinate Margot Sisson without consent.

At the time, she was dormant aft drinking intoxicant and Mr Jones was undressed.

Mr Jones was shown climbing into her bed, which prompted the accumulation unit to intervene to marque Mr Jones permission the room, saying that Ms Misson had "said no".

Mr Jones past attempted to adjacent the compartment doorway and proceeded to clasp it shut, earlier yet leaving.

Writing connected Instagram aft the occurrence aired, Ms Misson thanked producers for stepping successful during the incidental and said it was "vital" for the incidental to diagnostic successful the occurrence due to the fact that "this contented is each excessively existent and acold excessively frequent".

Mr Jones has not commented connected the incidental publicly.

During the aforesaid occurrence Ms Bileskalne was shown entering the country of different formed member, Adam Kodra, and attempting to massage and buss him without consent.

The occurrence showed Cpt Chambers dismissing some from the yacht wherever the bid is filmed and some person near the accumulation altogether.

In an Instagram station aft the amusement aired, Ms Bileskalne apologised, saying: "I made [Mr Kodra] consciousness uncomfortable and nary 1 should beryllium enactment successful that position".

UK home maltreatment foundation Refuge has praised the show's producers for however the incidents were handled.

It said the episodes had "sparked captious conversations astir consent", adding: "We're pleased to spot that enactment was rapidly taken to guarantee a harmless environment."

Bravo has not commented connected the incidents. BBC News has contacted the accumulation company.

Below Deck Down Under archetypal aired successful March 2022. It is simply a spin-off the American bid Below Deck.