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The Real World: San Diego is the fourteenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World , which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. The San Diego season premiered in 2004. It was the second season of the The Real World to be filmed in southern California after The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993, and the third season to be filmed in California after The Real World: San Francisco in 1994. The season premiere was watched by approximately 4 million viewers.
Assignment
Almost every season of The Real World , beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. The San Diego cast worked in San Diego Bay as crew members for Next Level Sailing on a boat named Stars & Stripes, which carried visitors daily. Before beginning their regular duties as tour guides, which included preparing yachts for excursions, piloting them in San Diego Bay, and providing maintenance, the cast had to undergo a course in sailing, and navigating the vessels. This created a problem for Frankie Abernathy, who has a phobia of boats, and is initially frightened by the sight of the harbor.
The residence
The cast's residence was a custom-designed, two-story house at 4922 North Harbor Drive in San Diego. The house, formerly a Blue Crab Seafood restaurant and a marine supply company, sits on the edge of the southeast end of Driscoll's Wharf, overlooking America's Cup Harbor in Point Loma. MTV.com gives its size as 5,000 square feet (460 m
2
), though realworldhouses.com gives it as 10,328 square feet (959.5 m
2
). During filming of the series, the property included a sand volleyball court and basketball court.
Cast
Rape allegation
A 22-year-old woman claimed she was raped in the Real World house sometime during the night of November 14, 2003 by an acquaintance of Real World cast member Randy Barry, identified in local reports as "Justin", who was staying at the house as a guest. The woman claimed the man bought her a drink at a downtown San Diego nightspot, and that she blacked out after drinking it. According to cast member Jamie Chung, a member of production staff said that the young woman was found lying naked on the bathroom floor of the Real World house as Justin emerged, saying, "I just hit that." That person then dressed the woman and moved her to the living room couch, where Chung, upon arriving home on the morning of November 15, found her. Chung then helped that other person move the woman to the downstairs guest bedroom. Chung and the camera crew woke the woman at 10:30a.m. while cameras were rolling. Chung told the woman that she may have been sexually assaulted in the bathroom during the night, but the woman, according to Chung, appeared disoriented and had difficulty speaking. With the woman's help, Chung contacted a male friend of hers and arranged for her transportation home. Feeling pain in her genital region, the woman reported the incident to police on November 16, and a subsequent medical examination revealed abrasions to both her vagina and anus. According to police, the woman believes her assailant drugged her, brought her back to the Real World house and then while she was unconscious, raped her in the bathroom, since that is the only place in the house where the show's cameras are off-limits.
Another cast member told police that he had seen the woman barely able to stand up in the bathroom, mumbling incoherently and looking confused, according to the search warrant.
The police sexual assault unit began investigating the next day, November 17, but the Real World cast and crew had left on the cast's group trip to Mexico, and all film from November 14 and 15 had been shipped from the house to the production headquarters in Los Angeles. Kevin Lee, the on-site producer of show, told police he had not viewed the footage but that, after talking to the cast, believed the woman might have been raped, and confirmed that Justin was resident in the house at the time of the alleged assault. Why this did not motivate him to look at the film or to use the on-site film-editing computer to review the incident is unknown. Lee agreed to supply the police with the consent forms and photo ID cards that listed who was in the house at the time of the incident, and gave them a tour of the house, allowing them to search the bathroom for evidence.
At the end of the tour, however, Lee received a phone call from Pam Naughton, an attorney representing Bunim-Murray Productions, which produces the show. Naughton refused to permit the police to search the bedrooms and stated that the producers would not turn over any documents or film until she personally reviewed them. The police then obtained a search warrant, and raided the house, confiscating the film-editing computer, the cast's e-mail computer, bedding, towels, videotapes and other possible items of evidence. After examining hours of footage taped for the show, and seizing evidence at the scene, police made no arrests, and the San Diego County District Attorney's office concluded there was not enough evidence to warrant any charges.
Nearly a month of footage from the season ended up on the cutting room floor due to the allegation. While Charlie Dordevich only appears in three episodes, he lived in the house almost as long as Frankie, who appeared in the first 23 episodes.
TV Guide critic J. Max Robins opined, "The sexual-assault charge is the most tragic event in a long list of disturbing incidents that have plagued The Real World since it debuted 12 years ago."
Season highlights
Romances among the cast included Brad and Cameran. The season also depicted altercations with the police, and the issue of self-mutilation. The cast also fought amongst themselves, in particular at the conclusion of the group vacation trip to the Greek Isles. Frankie ultimately leaves the house due to conflict with her housemates, and homesickness.
In one episode, Brad and Robin are arrested after a night of drinking. Later, Brad is heard on the phone yelling, "I'm in jail! Locked up!" The next day after being released on bail, Brad proclaims, "Dude, jail sucks."
After Filming
Reunion
Six months after the cast left the Real World house, all eight of them appeared to discuss their experiences both during and since their time on the show on 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion , which premiered on July 9, 2004, and was hosted by Vanessa Minnillo.
Real World/Road Rules Challenges
^ 1 The contestant was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.
References
- ^ Episode synopsis list for The Real World: San Diego at MTV.com
- ^ "MTV Viewers Numbers Game for the Real World Denver Premiere". November 29, 2006 . http://www.mm-agency.com/blog/mtv-real-world/mtv-viewers-numbers-game-for-the-real-world-denver-premiere/360/ .
- ^ a b c d e The Real World: San Diego page at mtv.com
- ^ Point Loma House at realworldhouses.com
- ^ Brad Fiorenza biography page at mtv.com
- ^ Cameran Eubanks biography page at mtv.com
- ^ a b Charlie Dordevich biography page at mtv.com
- ^ Abernathy was born December 21, 1981, according to the Memoriam page at mtv.com, and thus was 23 when the season premiered in January 2004, and almost 23 during filming.
- ^ a b Harris, Chris; " Real World: San Diego Cast Says Frankie Abernathy 'Lived Every Day To The Fullest'"; mtv.com; June 15, 2007
- ^ Frankie Abernathy biography page at mtv.com
- ^ "Frankie Abernathy of The Real World San Diego Reported Dead"; June 11, 2007
- ^ Jacquese Smith biography page at mtv.com
- ^ Jamie Chung biography page at mtv.com
- ^ Randy Barry at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Randy Barry biography page at mtv.com
- ^ Robin Hibbard biography page at mtv.com
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Haberman, Lia; "A 'Real World' Rape?"; Eonline.com; Nov
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