Fans found it hard to ignore the absence of Kenny Santucci and Evan Starkman from The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras. There is a good reason these champs were banned.

Rumor has it that Dunbar Merrill, Duong ‘Dee’ Nguyen, Tonya Cooley, Evan Starkman, Camila Nakagawa, and Kenny Santucci have all been banned from participating in The Challenge.

Tonya Cooley was a star of several seasons of 'The Challenge,' and filed a lawsuit alleging that she had been sexually assaulted on the show.