'Love Is Blind' creator Chris Coelen exclusively tells PEOPLE that he supports people coming forward about sexual assault, but insists production was "never told that she felt unsafe or experienced any of the allegations that she made"

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Love Is Blind's creator Chris Coelen is speaking out after a season 5 participant sued the production company behind his show over claims of assault, false imprisonment and negligence.

Tran Dang, who filmed for season 5 but is not featured in the episodes, is suing production company Kinetic Content after claiming she was sexually assaulted on set by her former fiancé and Kinetic allegedly did nothing to stop it, according to a complaint obtained by PEOPLE. In the suit, Dang also claimed she was falsely imprisoned while filming and producers acted with negligence.

Since her initial filing, Dang has also sued production company Delirium TV, which Kinetic alleged that it "delegated responsibility for shooting the relevant season of Love Is Blind," per the docs.

"The producers are throwing money at the problem by spending an inordinate amount of money on losing legal positions that do nothing but delay the parties from having their day in Court. They lost on three distinct legal issues before the trial court and then filed three separate appeals to multiply the proceedings we have to wade through before finally trying this case," Dang's attorney Benjamin W. Allen of Wallace & Allen LLP tells PEOPLE...

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