Rape claims involving Channel 4's MAFS UK are "serious" and there must be consequences for "criminality or wrongdoing", the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has said. Channel 4's Chief Executive Priya Dogra expressed sympathy to the contributors, and said the allegations were disputed by those accused, adding that she believed the broadcaster had "acted quickly, appropriately, sensitively and with well-being front and centre" when concerns were raised. When asked by a reporter if she wanted to apologise to the women involved, she declined to comment and walked off. Lawyers for CPL, an independent production company which makes the UK version of the show, said its welfare system was "gold standard" and industry-leading, and that it had acted appropriately in all these cases #MAFSUK #BBCNews