Jordon Hudson Files a Lawsuit Against the Airbnb Hosts Who Released the "Egregious" Shirtless Belichick Doorbell Video
Source - The Patriots’ 2016 reunion after-party featured an unexpected guest — Bill Belichick.
The former New England coach, who has distanced himself from the organization after being fired in January 2024, showed up to Davio’s Steakhouse at Patriot Place on Saturday night.
The organization is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of that team’s championship this weekend to coincide with Rob Gronkowski’s induction into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. The 34-28 win over the Falcons in Super Bowl LI was one of six Belichick won as the Patriots head coach.
There's not a man, woman or child in New England who wasn't gratified to hear this report in the midst of a weekend that was both bitter (Green Bay 45, Patriots 21) and sweet (Gronk's induction, the 2016 reunion). The thought of Bill Belichick getting together with his guys for the 10-year reunion of their fifth and most dramatic Super Bowl win, swapping stories over a few porterhouses is enough to warm your heart. It's a reminder of how truly respected, admired, and appreciated he still is. That he's still that tough teacher you feared, but you're happy to say hello to when you're back home for Thanksgiving, and let them know the positive impact they had on your life.
In Belichick's case, that however things ended with the organization, it's a reminder that he's forever revered around here. Rumor has it that when he walked into the restaurant, the other diners brought the place to the ground with applause. As they should.
So these are good times for the GOAT. The scheduling gods brought him back to New England at just the right time for this to happen. After beating UConn, he's got his team at 5-4. With those losses coming to Clemson, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Miami, by a combined 23 points. And despite all the obstacles he's had to overcome, a bowl game is very much in play and he's building his program in his image.
At least they should be good times. It's hard to imagine he's interested in anything but looking forward to the next three games and recruiting for 2027 and beyond. His ex and apparent still assistant at North Carolina has other ideas.
While he and his former players and coaches were reminiscing about 2016, Jordon Hudson is looking back less fondly about a story from exactly three years ago:
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Source - Jordon Hudson has filed a bombshell lawsuit over the 'egregious' leak of a shirtless video of Bill Belichick outside of an Airbnb property three years ago.
Footage showed the legendary former New England Patriots coach sneaking out of a Winthrop, Massachusetts home, and the Daily Mail later revealed he had spent the night with Hudson, his then-girlfriend who is 49 years younger than him. ...
Hudson filed an explosive lawsuit in Massachusetts on Friday (November 6) against Elise McDevitt and Craig Nolan.
In court documents obtained by the Daily Mail, Hudson claims the owners of the Airbnb where she booked a four-night stay for her and Belichick in June 2023 blew open her relationship with Belichick with 'egregious violations of her privacy.'
The lawsuit confirms Hudson 'was in a romantic relationship' with Belichick at the time but says it was 'unknown to the public' and the privacy of their relationship was 'fiercely guarded'.
It adds that 'her identity as Mr Belichick's romantic partner was outed to the general public as a direct result of Defendants leaking this personal and private information about Ms. Hudson, along with footage taken of a shirtless Mr. Belichick at their property, without his or Ms. Hudson's knowledge or authorization.'
It also states: 'These outrageous 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, which they had intended to remain private, and led to the ridicule and denigration of Ms. Hudson through numerous tabloid stories published by the media.'
The lawsuit claims the 'significant damage' to Hudson 'would not have occurred' if not for the defendants leaking her information and accuses them of showing 'no remorse or regret', stating they 'have instead ridiculed and taunted' her.
Well OK then.
I won't pretend to be able to speak about the merits of the case. There's a ton of fineprint when you rent one of these places that none of us ever check. I think we all pretty much just check the previsions about how many guests you're allowed, what's the bare minimum cleaning you're required to do without incurring a fee, and what time check out is. Then you're signing on the line which is dotted.
So who knows if releasing footage of your paying customers is a violation of the agreement or not? I suppose it ought to be. It's certainly a violation of their privacy. But for all I know they have language in there saying they have the right to film you in the bedroom, put a camera in your shower, and sell the videos to Russian mobsters.
What I'm wondering if a court is going to buy the legal theory that Jordon's been damaged by all this. I mean, has her life really gone so badly since this story broke in 2023? They were an open secret in the Patriots organization before the doorbell footage. The last I looked, the daughter of a woman who runs a sex toy museum in Provincetown and who has a degree from my alma mater, Bridgewater State, has a multimillion dollar real estate portfolio at the age of 25.
Not to play Judge, Jerry and Executioner, but I'd have a hard time identifying where the monetary damages are or how much to award her, even if I find for the plaintiff and against Elise McDevitt and Craig Nolan. If anything, this might be like when the USFL beat the NFL in court and ended up being awarded one dollar for their troubles.
What I know for sure is that her former love interest doesn't want this being re-litigated while he's in the middle of a football season and trying to will his program into a national power. The last thing he needs right now is for everyone to be dusting off their old jokes about how he can relate to college kids because he recruited her and all that. Maybe next time she wants to make the news cycle all about herself, she can file lawsuits after bowl season. That's not too big an ask from the man who made her famous.