Reality Show Kills Contestant, Denies Responsibility

A challenge on a Pakistani reality show killed Saad Khan, a father of four — and the show’s sponsor, Unilever Pakistan, is taking no responsibility for his death.

The Associated Press reports that the reality show, which was sponsored by Unilever’s Clear Shampoo, made contestants swim across a lake while wearing a 15-pound backpack. Khan, one of the contestants, sunk underwater and drowned before any of the other contestants could rescue him.