In a bizarre incident, an angry AirBnB host sent a man's CCTV video with another woman to his wife after he left bad reviews on his house. A lawsuit has been filed and it claims that the Airbnb host in Tennessee, USA sent the man's private CCTV video to his wife to avenge for poor reviews. The renter Shawn Mackey claimed that Pamela Fohler tried to "extort" him after he allegedly refused to pay additional fees
As per US media reports, the AirBnB owner allegedly threatened to email the security footage of the man bringing another woman into property to his wife but accidentally hit send. Shawn Mackey who hails from Mississippi had reportedly rented a three-bedroom house in Tennessee from September 9 to September 11, 2022. Shawn was planning to stay at the property with three of his friends, but had told the property owner he may have additional friends over for dinner.
Notably, Mackey was charged $567 per night but refused to pay an additional $960 fee for allegedly breaking two house rules and bringing more people than promised.
Reports suggest that the Tenessee house described as "a little bit more country" on AirBnb outlining it has a capacity of up to nine people. Notably, the rules AirBnB host set out prohibited smoking or vaping, unregistered guests, parking in front of garage doors, excessive noise, skinny-dipping or "urinating in the pool".
The tenants were also warned of the CCTVs outside of the premises.
Fohler had asked Mackey to register anyone who might show up at the house and had charged an extra fee for each person regardless if they spent the night or not. Mackey had reportedly agreed to the rules, and offered Fohler a list of dinner guests - a total of nine people plus "maybe a few more" with four or five staying over.
Fohler replied in ten minutes on an Email, saying, "Hello Shawn, we will be able to accommodate a max of 8 guests. This is due to the city restrictions and capacity at our home. I apologize we had not discuss [sic] the guest count tripling." She added that there would be "costs for each guest", including those who didn't stay the night. However, after 45 minutes of no response from Mackey, Fohler reached out again, saying that she had received complaints from neighbours. Another 15 minutes later, the AirBnB host requested Mackey to vacate the property.
After breaking the no-party rule, Shawn was asked to vacate the property. Mackey later left a negative review and requested a partial refund of $502 which was denied. As a result, Shawn filed a lawsuit against Fohler in which claimed that she messaged him on September 17 threatening to expose photos of him with another woman.
The message reportedly said, "Hello Shawn, hope you are well. Sorry it took so long to get the photos you requested together to show your stay at our home. But I had faith, was driven by integrity, so I committed to get these posted for you and Airbnb. Photo at 3:16 AM is especially notable. Should I forward the photos and videos to [Mackey's wife] Teresa, or will you?"
Not only this, Fohler reportedly threatened to leak the video on YouTube as well. Three days later, Fohler allegedly emailed the pictures to Mackey's wife with the subject line "nice bag".
Shawn's suit claims that Mackey's "marriage has suffered as a result", adding that Fohler has caused him "extreme emotional distress", "public humiliation", and "mental anguish". In turn, Fohler filed a counterclaim in December and denied corresponding with Mackey's wife.
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Tennessee AirBnB host sends man's wife CCTV video with another person after he gives bad reviews