Weeks after Survivor contestants eliminated Kellee Kim, who voiced concerns about fellow contestant Dan Spilo’s behavior on set, an episode has aired that shows the producers finally taking action. In the episode that aired Wednesday night, Survivor unilaterally eliminated Dan, making this the first time the show has ousted a contestant for bad behavior in its 19 years on air. A title card shown in the final moments of the episode indicated that Dan had been removed following another reported incident that happened off-camera and did not involve a player. Host and executive producer Jeff Probst insists that Survivor has “learned a lot” from the Dan Spilo ordeal and that “it will inform our process moving forward.” But given the breadth of allegations against Dan, many of which made it to the air, the decision feels like far too little, too late.

Kellee voiced her discomfort with Dan’s behavior from day one, telling him that the way he touched her made her feel uncomfortable. For weeks afterward, however, the behavior continued—captured on-camera, as all activity on the island is, by the show’s producers. The issue peaked on the game’s 22nd day, the episode for which aired last month, when Kellee and fellow contestant Janet Carbin attempted to rally other contestants to get Dan eliminated from the game. After a tearful confessional interview with Kellee, a producer made the rare decision to break the fourth wall, offering to intervene if Kellee wanted; she declined.

But the onus should never have been on Kellee to ask for such intervention; Dan had already been caught on-camera continuing the behavior and touching that Kellee had told him made her uncomfortable. At the end of that episode, contestants voted to send Kellee home, while Dan received a formal warning from producers. A controversy immediately erupted, and even though CBS knew that an episode was coming in which Dan would be eliminated, the network did not indicate Dan’s fate, seemingly preferring to maintain suspense about the game rather than frankly discuss the issues of misconduct.

In a statement at the time the episode aired, CBS and MGM, the show’s producer, wrote, in part, “On Survivor, producers provide the castaways a wide berth to play the game. At the same time, all castaways are monitored and supervised at all times. They have full access to producers and doctors, and the production will intervene in situations where warranted.” Still, the whole debacle was just one more example of reality television bungling its response to a misconduct allegation, and the backlash was immediate.

Wednesday’s episode kept things vague regarding what finally got Dan kicked off the show. Probst first told players following an elimination ceremony, saying, “A decision has been made, and Dan will not be returning to the game. He won’t be coming back to camp. He won’t be on the jury. He’s gone.” Then, at the very end of the episode, a title card appeared: “Dan was removed from the game after a report of another incident, which happened off-camera and did not involve a player.” Speaking with Entertainment Weekly after the episode aired, Probst kept things vague regarding what, exactly, happened to finally force Dan’s removal. “I’ve endeavored to be as forthcoming as possible with you regarding everything that has happened this season,” he told the outlet. “In this situation, out of respect for privacy and confidentiality, I can’t say anymore.” He referred back to that answer when asked why he declined to tell the other players the exact reason for Dan’s dismissal.