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11/09 17:27 CST Jordon Hudson sues Airbnb hosts over doorbell camera video of
shirtless Bill Belichick
Jordon Hudson sues Airbnb hosts over doorbell camera video of shirtless Bill
Belichick
BOSTON (AP) --- Jordon Hudson is suing two Airbnb hosts over a doorbell camera
video of a bare-chested Bill Belichick, saying that the 2023 clip invaded her
privacy by ultimately prompting public disclosure of her relationship with the
Super Bowl-winning coach.
Hudson, who went on to become a public presence by Belichick's side, says in
the lawsuit that they were keeping their romance private when they stayed at
the Boston-area rental in the summer of 2023. Then the doorbell video --- which
showed him stepping, shirtless, out of the home onto a porch --- emerged that
fall and made media rounds.
Hudson wasn't in the video, but she ultimately was publicly identified as the
paramour of the former New England Patriots and current University of North
Carolina head coach, who is almost 50 years her senior. Her lawsuit accuses
rental hosts Elise McDevitt and Craig Nolan of leaking the footage and personal
information about her.
"These egregious violations of Ms. Hudson's privacy have, among other things,
resulted in significant unwanted publicity and scrutiny of Ms. Hudson and her
relationship with Mr. Belichick" and have subjected her to ridicule, attorney
Howard Cooper and colleagues wrote in a complaint filed Friday in Massachusetts.
Voicemail and email messages seeking comment were left Monday for McDevitt and
Nolan, and a social media message was sent to McDevitt. No attorney is listed
for them yet in the court record.
Belichick isn't part of the lawsuit. Messages seeking comment from him were
left for a UNC football team spokesperson. At a recent news conference,
Belichick, 74, wouldn't answer a question about whether he was still in a
relationship with Hudson, 25.
Belichick was nearing the end of his 24-year, six-time-Super Bowl-winning
tenure as the Patriots' head coach when he and Hudson spent time at the Airbnb
she booked in Winthrop, according to her lawsuit. It says she learned of the
video when McDevitt texted it to her along with an instruction not to park in
front of a neighbor's house.
In subsequent texts, McDevitt joked about football and said it was "clear who
is on the video," and Hudson repeatedly pressed her to delete it, according to
the lawsuit. It says McDevitt eventually said she'd trash the footage but
hedged that "videos are never totally deleted," adding that she was "not
distributing the video."
After the clip emerged on the social platform X in November 2023, McDevitt
denied having posted it or leaked it to anyone, the lawsuit said. But McDevitt
later texted that she "had sent it to a few people" but never envisioned it
becoming public, according to the complaint.
Messages were left Monday for Airbnb, which isn't named in the lawsuit. It says
the company kicked McDevitt and Nolan off the platform after Hudson reported
what had happened.
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