HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The Bachelor sex scandal has taken another twist.
Ryan Callahan, the producer fired from the show after he allegedly got cozy with contestant Rozlyn Papa, was also involved with a fellow staff member when he got the boot, a source tells E! News.
"He had a girlfriend that worked on the show at the time," the insider said. "They were together, and he cheated on her with [Papa]."
The source said Callahan got dumped by the unidentified woman after his relationship with Papa became public knowledge.
It has been a challenging past year for Callahan, whose ex-wife, Stephanie Thorpe, filed for divorce last May, according to Radar Online.
Papa, a 28-year-old single mother who was also booted from the program, has denied having a physical relationship with Callahan. When asked point blank by Entertainment Tonight if she had sex with the staffer, the model said, "Absolutely not. No. ... I made good decisions. I did not choose to have sex with someone else."
However, Bachelor host Chris Harrison tells a very different story.
"It was an inappropriate relationship that got physical," he wrote Tuesday in his Entertainment Weekly blog. "This was not just about one person's 'feelings' for another. We would never go to such extremes because of a schoolyard crush. After extensive research and doing our homework we came to the conclusion without a shadow of a doubt that an inappropriate relationship had occurred."
Harrison said the incident came to light after several contestants witnessed Papa's "behavior firsthand." That was followed by Callahan confirming what had taken place, which ultimately led to his being fired from the show.
"He told executive producers everything about his inappropriate physical relationship with Rozlyn," Harrison said. "As I clearly stated on the show last night, we took what happened very seriously and this staffer was let go immediately. With what you saw last night and with what I just told you there should now be no doubt or questions whatsoever as to what really happened during Rozlyn's short time on the show."
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