Below Deck Sailing Yacht cast member Gary King said he might be back on TV despite being accused of sexually assaulting staffers on the Bravo show.
The reality star hinted at his future on the small screen after a follower commented on his Instagram post from Sunday by writing, ‘There’s a life after Below Deck for you’.
King replied, ‘I hope so, will have to see but will definitely be trying to stay on peoples tv screens’.
Another fan told King to ‘hang in there’ and ‘get this job back,’ to which he responded, ‘I will do and hopefully be back on your screens, everyday I’m trying to better myself so hopefully if they ask me back you’ll see this xx’
And when another social media user suggested he start his own YouTube channel, King posted, ‘That’s not a bad idea, might look into that’.
Below Deck Sailing Yacht cast member Gary King said he might be back on TV despite being accused of sexually assaulting staffers on the Bravo show, seen in 2022
The reality star hinted at his future with the franchise after a follower commented on his Instagram post from Sunday by writing, ‘There’s a life after Below Deck for you’
King replied, ‘I hope so, will have to see but will definitely be trying to stay on peoples tv screens’
In August, King was branded ‘next-level scary to women’ – weeks after Below Deck Down Under was embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal.
Samantha Suarez, 27 – who first joined Below Deck in the make-up department in season 10 – claimed to Rolling Stone King, 35, tried to force himself on her while heavily inebriated during filming for season four in Sardinia in summer 2022.
She further claimed that despite reporting the incident to producers – with other crew members also alleging they had seen King touching cast and crew inappropriately – King was allowed to keep his job on the show. King declined to comment to the publication.
Suarez, who is based in Atlanta, met King, 35, who joined the show as first mate in 2021’s season two – for the first time upon arrival in Sardinia, with crew members staying in the DoubleTree by Hilton Olbia-Sardinia during filming.
Cast members stayed in the same hotel prior to filming on the yacht and during days off for the cast – who served aboard Parsifal III – and production team.
She claims one ‘dark day’ in July she accompanied a drunk King back to his room after he filmed interviews for the show – and alleges producers gave him a ‘substantial amount’ of alcohol.
Suarez claims she told him she had to attend to other cast members and said she was leaving.
She claims when she turned to the door, King ‘came up behind her, grabbed her, pressed her against his body, and refused to let go of her’ – even after she allegedly tried to ‘kick and elbow him to get him off her.’
Another fan told King to ‘hang in there’ and ‘get this job back,’ to which he responded, ‘I will do and hopefully be back on your screens, everyday I’m trying to better myself so hopefully if they ask me back you’ll see this xx’
A makeup department staffer claimed to Rolling Stone King, 35, tried to force himself on her while heavily inebriated during filming for season four in Sardinia in summer 2022
Suarez claims she got free of his grasp and went to open the door to leave, with King ‘slamming the door shut from behind her.’
She said: ‘At that point, I didn’t know what was going to happen. I was freaking out. It just happened so fast.
Suarez says she then got a call from the talent manager and that King then let go of the door and she stepped into the hallway.
She said: ‘I’m freaking out, and he goes, “What’s wrong? What’s going on?” And I’m like, ‘”Just leave me alone.” He tried to come up behind me and put his arm around me. He’s in the hallway in his underwear and it’s all weird and f****d up, and so I’m just like, “Just go back in your room and don’t come out.”‘
Suarez says she ‘immediately’ told producers what happened when she saw them in the production office – and claims a co-executive producer contacted her the next day to talk about what happened.
Two other crew members – who wish to remain anonymous told the publication that Suarez told them about the alleged incident – with one who still works on the series saying they have ‘constantly’ seen King unnerve women on set with his behavior.
They said: ‘He’s next-level scary with women.’
Two other crew members said they have ‘constantly’ seen King unnerve women on set with his behavior; pictured with cast member Daisy Kelliher
Another unnamed crew member that later during that same season claims they witnessed King grab a female cast member’s backside and continue to touch her ‘inappropriately’ despite her saying ‘no’ and telling him to stop.
They also claim that a drunk King grabbed another production crew member’s genitals during filming at a beach club in Sardinia.
The production crew member says after they spoke up about the alleged harassment, they were not asked to return to the show after working on the franchise for years. Suarez also claims she lost her role on the show after reporting the alleged incident – while King was allowed to stay.
King was embroiled in a love triangle with Daisy Kelliher (center) and Colin MacRae (right) in the last season. In August, he captioned a photo of himself with Kelliher and McCrae on Instagram: ‘Last season of #belowdecksailing was not my best, having watched some episodes I know that I have a lot of work and growing to do’
A Bravo spokesman told DailyMail.com in a statement: ‘Bravo is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. We require our third-party production companies to have appropriate workplace policies and trainings in place and a clear process on how to report concerns. The concerns Ms. Suarez raised in July 2022 were investigated at that time and action was taken based on the findings.
A spokesperson for 51 Minds Entertainment, Below Deck’s production company, added: ’51 Minds is committed to providing an environment in which every member of the casts and crews on our productions feel respected and, most importantly, safe. 51 Minds provides mandatory harassment and sensitivity training for every series it produces at the outset of each new season and lays out a clear process on how and to whom to report any questionable activity.’
‘With any complaint filed, a timely investigation is launched and, based on the findings, appropriate actions are implemented to ensure the safety of our cast and crew, up to and including termination. With regard to the incident reported by Ms. Suarez involving Mr. King, the case was investigated and reviewed as soon as it was submitted, and production acted accordingly based on the results.’
