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> There's just something about this comedian's indignant attitude that is a real turn off...the way he carefully worded his original post to make it sound like the orgy actually took place, omitting the details that made it clear he prevented the party.

Where was it mentioned he'd prevented the party? It sounded instead like he showed up right in the middle of it.




Gawker really should get he reporting credit for this, as they actually verified the details and Gothamist does a sloppy job of ripping off their work

http://gawker.com/man-unwittingly-rents-out-apartment-on-air...

According to Teman, he handed the keys over to David late Friday afternoon. Then, he left his suitcase with his doorman and went to dinner before planning to head out of New York. When Teman returned to his building to retrieve his bag, he saw David in the lobby and overheard him telling others that "they're shutting us down."

Teman asked what was being "shut down," which he said brought a look of mortified recognition over David's face. Concerned and suspicious, Teman went back upstairs to his apartment, where he attempted to figure out what was going on. He opened his computer and Googled the Gmail address and phone number David had provided him during their correspondence on Airbnb. The search of the phone number brought up this tweet from February that advertised a "BBW Panty Raid Party" in New York.

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Really, this is (yet another) story about the power of social media in our everyday lives, just with a twist of BBW orgy. Had Teman Googled David's phone number before handing over the keys, he probably would have cancelled the agreement and saved everyone the trouble. If David's number wasn't plastered across Twitter, he and whomever wanted to pay $20 to enter his party could have fucked all over Teman's apartment in peace.

Instead, Teman ended up stuck in New York and displaced from his apartment. David did not get to throw his Freak Fest. They both have spent the past 48 hours entangled with lawyers and policemen. What a weekend it could have been.


OK, thanks. I see that Teman is claiming damages for things not related to the party itself then, but for David allegedly damaging his apartment prior to the party.




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