Despite this, John de Mol did speak out, after being confronted by a "60 Minutes"-type show in his homeland... upon learning of the musical director's involvement, he came thisclose to punching the guy out:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-de-mol-the-voice-holland-abuse-claims-responsible-1235078599/ (link) B Mark Jeffries, Jan 18th: > The 12th season of the original version of the talent contest format was > suspended by RTL in the Netherlands after two episodes when a report by a > program on Dutch public TV accused the show's musical director for sexual > relationships with contestants (he said it was years ago but he has > resigned from the show) and a panelist has been accused of "sexually > transgressive behavior" (he claims innocence): > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/voice-of-holland-suspended-sexual-misconduct-1235075918/ > > Said musical director has also had a long-term relationship with the > sister of "The Voice" creator John DeMol (who is not directly involved with > the format, having sold it to the UK's ITV in 2015)--Linda DeMol is a > popular TV personality in the Netherlands, her credits including the > original version of "Deal or No Deal," another format once owned by her > brother. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/decca867-ffad-47b0-8fed-671cedeb6e3an%40googlegroups.com.
