On Saturday, former Patriots coach Bill Belichick returned to New England for a game between North Carolina and Connecticut. A day earlier, a lawsuit over a leaked video of a shirtless Belichick was filed in Massachusetts.
Via Edward Lewis of California PostJordon Hudson (who is dating or was dating Belichick) sued the owners of an Airbnb rental for leaking Ring camera video generated three years ago when Hudson and Belichick were using the property.
The legal argument appears to be that the owners, by releasing the Belichick video without shirt, sparked a firestorm of unflattering reviews of Hudson.
From the lawsuit: “As a result of this leak, numerous false tabloid and clickbait stories have been and continue to be published about her, which have subjected her to intense ridicule and derision and caused immense damage. »
The litigation seeks, among other things, compensation for “breach of privacy and breach of contract” and an order prohibiting the owners “from disclosing or disseminating any personal and/or private information relating to Ms. Hudson to any third party.”
The premise of the lawsuit appears to be that the leak “revealed (Hudson’s) romantic relationship with Belichick, something she had worked hard to keep private.” One of the fundamental factual questions will be whether she behaved in a manner consistent with keeping her identity as Belichick’s secret girlfriend private.
At some point, she no longer kept it private. She flaunted it.
In filing the lawsuit, Hudson removed a grenade that could possibly project shrapnel at Belichick. If, as appears, she believes she never would have gotten her 15 minutes (and counting) of infamy without the leak of the shirtless Bill video, it would only be fair for the defendants’ attorneys to aggressively explore all the ways she apparently sought attention and/or notoriety.
The trial ultimately sets the stage for a potentially aggressive investigative process that will most likely include lengthy depositions from Hudson and Belichick.
And in lawyer-controlled question-and-answer sessions, Hudson won’t be able to blurt out, “We’re not answering that.”
As far as Belichick is concerned, the trial creates potential hassle, headaches and distraction. He should have tried to dissuade her from doing it.
Maybe he did. If he did, he failed miserably.
Gn sports
