Sentenced for suicide in Wife Swap

It is uncertain whether the reality show will return to screens.

The director of the show is responsible for the death of a police officer who committed suicide during the filming of the show "Wife Swapping," a court ruled this week. According to Nova TV, the team of creators is experienced. Even after the verdict, the show is not considering canceling the show. According to the TV station, it is popular with viewers.

The director of the Czech reality show Wife Swap, Jan B., has been on trial for a tragic reality show. He was found guilty after it was revealed that he blackmailed and exerted psychological pressure on a police officer who committed suicide on the eighth day of filming in 2020. Jan B. received a twenty-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

The director of the Czech series Wife Swap was found guilty after a police officer hanged himself during the August 2020 season of the reality show, Denik reports. According to the court's ruling on Wednesday, director Jan. B. pressured the police officer to make the show more exciting, which involved two families, typically from different social backgrounds, swapping wives and mothers. In this case, a woman of Roma origin moved in with the poli…

The police officer participated in the show Wife Swap in August 2020, with a Romani woman arriving as a surrogate wife. Director Jan B. allegedly forced the man to make racist insinuations, and the man committed suicide during filming.

Guilty. Such a verdict fell in the case of the tragic death of a policeman from Opava, who, as a participant in the reality show “Wife Swap”, committed suicide in 2020. According to the court, the external director Jan B. was responsible for his death, because he pressured the police officer to make the show more attractive. The District Court of Opava imposed a suspended sentence on him for extortion.