MAFS Australia comes under fire with new claims about contestants' criminal pasts

Tamara Ceaikovski

A shock new report claims that some brides on Married at First Sight Australia were not informed their on-screen husbands had criminal convictions. Two brides from last year's series of MAFS Australia have told the BBC that they were not informed their on-screen grooms had convictions - one had a drug conviction, and another for affray. Nine former contestants told the BBC that they believed the background checks for the reality TV show were insufficient. "There should be informed consent,"