--- title: MTV Halts Catfish Production Amid Sexual Misconduct Claims description: MTV said it is halting production of its popular show Catfish following allegations of sexual misconduct from a former participant. canonical: https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-17T23:34:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:25.351Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: MTV Is Halting Production on 'Catfish' Amid Sexual Assault Allegations og:description: Nev Schulman has denied the allegations og:url: https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt973cf73b66ec53c1/698930ae97cdffc0ca6b5415/catfish.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MTV Press Junket & Cocktail Party og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: MTV Is Halting Production on 'Catfish' Amid Sexual Assault Allegations twitter:description: Nev Schulman has denied the allegations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt973cf73b66ec53c1/698930ae97cdffc0ca6b5415/catfish.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # MTV Is Halting Production on _Catfish_ Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct > Sponsored content. 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For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson May 17, 2018 11:34 PM UTC  WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 18: Executive Producer/host Nev Schulman (L) and Catfish host Max Joseph attend the MTV Press Junket & Cocktail Party at The London West Hollywood on February 18, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for MTV) WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 18: Executive Producer/host Nev Schulman (L) and Catfish host Max Joseph attend the MTV Press Junket & Cocktail Party at The London West Hollywood on February 18, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for MTV)Jason Kempin—Getty Images for MTV  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson May 17, 2018 11:34 PM UTC MTV said it is halting production of its popular show _Catfish_ following allegations of sexual misconduct from a former participant by staff members on the show. “We take these allegations very seriously,” an MTV spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement to _TIME. “_We’re working with Critical Content, our third party production company, to conduct a thorough investigation and we’ve put a pause on shooting until the investigation is completed.” Ayissha Morgan, who appeared on _Catfish_ three years ago, uploaded [two videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsnv-vLJh0) to YouTube earlier this describing her experiences on the show. In the videos, she says that the “main guy” on the show, who she identified as “Jack” repeatedly pursued her, inquiring about her sexuality and trying convince her otherwise when she said she was a lesbian. Morgan also discussed a separate instance where she said she was sexually assaulted by a female production staffer who she only referred to as Carol. She said the two had been drinking beers and she became significantly inebriated. The producer invited her to her hotel room, claiming she had two beds but she only had one, and Morgan alleges she woke up with the producer on top of her. Morgan declined to provide additional details about the experience with the assistant. The man Morgan was referring to was widely presumed to be Nev Schulman, _Catfish_‘s co-host and Executive Producer. Schulman denied the allegations. “The behavior described in this video did not happen and I’m fortunate that there are a number of former colleagues who were present during this time period who are willing to speak up with the truth,” he said in a [statement](http://people.com/tv/catfish-nev-schulman-investigated-sexual-misconduct/) to _PEOPLE._ “I have always been transparent about my life and would always take responsibility for my actions — but these claims are false.” _Catfish_, which premiered in 2012, features Schulman and his co-host Max Joseph traveling the country to tell the stories of couples who meet in real life for the first time after striking up romances on the internet. Morgan said she publicized her experiences to prevent it from happening to other people. “I was gonna take this video to the grave and I realized that I can’t do it, for my sanity,” she said, recalling how she fell into depression, which occasionally still plagues her, after the incidents. “I’m never gonna be able to get closure or be able to move on unless I put what happened out there.” Critical Content, who MTV said they were working with, referred comment to Viacom, the parent company of MTV. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/"},"headline":"MTV Is Halting Production on Catfish Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct","datePublished":"2018-05-17T23:34:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:53:25.351Z","description":"Nev Schulman has denied the allegations","url":"https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/","keywords":["Television","entertainment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt973cf73b66ec53c1/698930ae97cdffc0ca6b5415/catfish.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt973cf73b66ec53c1/698930ae97cdffc0ca6b5415/catfish.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MTV Press Junket & Cocktail Party","caption":"MTV Press Junket & Cocktail Party","creditText":"Jason Kempin—Getty Images for MTV","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/","name":"MTV Is Halting Production on Catfish Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers","description":"For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/jbtW5SvJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-12-06T12:11:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jbtW5SvJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/","duration":"PT5M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5281710/mtv-is-halting-production-on-catfish-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```