Connor Smith, who was a guest on MTV’s dating show Are You The One?, was last week arrested after allegedly raping & assaulting a 16year-old girl.
The ex-reality star was taken into custody by Cook County, Illinois. However, the crime allegedly occurred in Indiana, TMZ reported.
Smith is currently facing one charge each of rape or sexual battery and two charges of criminal confinement.
Horrible crime: Connor Smith (who appeared on MTV’s Are You The One?) was arrested in Illinois last Wednesday for allegedly raping a sixteen-year-old girl from Indiana in July.
A publication arrest affidavit paints a changing story about the teenage girl.
Reports say she confessed to Smith that Smith kidnapped her during a visit to Indiana with family members in July.
They first connected via snapchat, she claimed. She messaged someone to sell a cat and she gave them the address where she was staying.
According to the victim, a man broke through her bedroom screen and forced her out. He then took her to his truck where he drove her to a motel and began sexual assaulting her.
However, she changed her story in later police interviews. Later she told authorities she had come to Smith out of nowhere after meeting on a dating site.
Sex crime: A 16-year old claimed Smith made her perform oral sexual sex while she was driving to a motel. Smith (top right) can be seen appearing on MTV’s “Are You the One?” 2015.
Police interviewed her and found out that Smith had left her with a bad feeling.
He allegedly repeatedly slapped the teenage girl and tried to choke her in the car ride. When they reached the motel, the boy reportedly urinated on her then forced her to do oral sex again.
She said Smith had driven her home and promised to return to her the next night.
According to police, the family of the girl was outside as the girls searched for their daughter. They reportedly pursued the vehicle’s owner and were able relay the description to authorities.
Shifting Story: Although the girl initially claimed Smith had taken her out of her bedroom, she later admitted to police she first met Smith on a dating site. She described their sex acts, however, as not consensual.
Smith was picked by the girl out of a line-up. According to police, Smith may have traveled from Illinois to Indiana, where he was later arrested.
He is being held without bail in jail.
Smith appeared on the 2015 MTV Dating Series Are You The One?. This series featured singles who were looking for a relationship and all lived together.
Matchmaking algorithms were used to pair contestants together to create ideal partners. Contestants had to choose the right couple and then share a $1 million prize if they identified the correct ones.