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Post by High Priestess on Oct 5, 2015 1:52:53 GMT
Bobbi shared in August 2015 "Moral of Airbnb Horror Story: Beware" NYT article Oh dear. More egg on the face of Airbnb. Article in today's NY Times. Keith: is this the article to which you refer? nyti.ms/1J7wqeXJoseph: Its not a pretty story , Airbnb really dropped the ball on that one . Alison: Yikes. A lot of stories about Paris in the comments. Some funny ones too though, especially in hindsight
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Post by High Priestess on Oct 5, 2015 2:04:06 GMT
Peter Airbnb horror story shows need for precautions "Early in the evening of July 4, Micaela Giles’ mobile phone started sounding alerts, and a series of messages straight out of a horror movie began scrolling down her screen. Her 19-year-old son told her that his Airbnb host in Madrid had locked him in the fourth-floor apartment where he was supposed to be staying and removed the key. The host was still there, he said, rattling knives around in the kitchen drawer and pressing him to submit to a sexual act. He begged his mother for help. When she called Airbnb, its employees would not give her the address and would not call the police. Instead, they gave her a number for the Madrid police and told her to ask the police to call the company for the address. But the number led to a recording in Spanish that kept disconnecting her, she said, and when she repeatedly called back her Airbnb contact the calls went straight to voice mail. While this was happening, according to her son, Jacob Lopez, he was sexually assaulted. Eventually, he persuaded his host to free him. He is now home in Massachusetts and in trauma therapy. His host, who was born male but is living as a woman, denied Lopez’s accusations via Facebook Messenger. She said that the sex was consensual and that he is transphobic. If she is right, filing a false police report and telling the story publicly would be an unlikely way to bury a regrettable experience." Click here bit.ly/1Lcsm14 for Seattle Times re-publication of original NY Times article. My two cents: The above is an excerpt from a story Bobbi mentioned earlier. The Seattle Times link allows access to the story that's otherwise behind NY Time's paywall. While regrettable, the story goes on to suggest precautions the victim's family suggests including making sure your smartphone can make calls internationally when you travel.
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Post by High Priestess on Oct 5, 2015 2:30:39 GMT
Petera month ago What are the legal responsibilities of Airbnb? Two criminal defense attorneys discuss Airbnb's liability arising out of the recent Spanish sexual assault case. Click here bit.ly/1PH6cW8 for Fox Business video.
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