Ratings dipped but were strong enough for the show to be considered for a ninth season.
Bennett had gone missing on January 21, and was found deceased on January 22, lying on the side of an embankment along the in the , east of Portland.
After the news broke down, she made a video responding to the claims defending herself, saying that people were making the situation bigger then it was supposed to be, and that the boy she kissed supposedly approved of the act.