One of those wonderful, terrible stories that could only come from across the pond, this. Marc Brilleman, 33-year-old director of the reality TV pilot "Pauper to Princess," was arrested Saturday and charged with the false imprisonment of an adult, a third-degree felony. In what sounds very similar to the "Ladette to Lady" set-up the show aimed to put a group of young women from modest backgrounds in a house and coach them on refined behaviour.

The producers had hoped to sell the show to a network. "We got a call because one of the girls living at the house ran out and said she needed someone to call the police," Cmdr. Jerome Miller, of the Apopka Police Department, told ABC News. "They stated they were upset and trying to leave for the weekend and were told, 'No you're not.'"

On Saturday morning, four of the show's eight cast members tried to leave the house where the show was being filmed but they were stopped.

"Brilleman then stood in front of the door and locked it and stated to [the four contestants] that they were under contract and could not leave," the affidavit said. "[A contestant] then tried to reach past Brilleman to leave the residence and Brilleman moved in front of her hand preventing her from leaving."

All four women taking part in the pilot will be pressing charges. One of the women pushed past Brilleman and the four women fled from the house, telling a neighbor to call the police. The women also said that the pilot's producers had not paid them for the five weeks they had spent at the house filming "Pauper to Princess."

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