Jake Paul allegedly trashed a woman's home and filmed it on YouTube and now she's suing

Publish date: 2024-08-01
2018-07-03T16:19:00Z

 

Jake Paul's manager is being sued after Paul and his "Team 10" crew allegedly trashed a woman's home while renting it out for Paul's birthday.

In January, Paul and a group of his vlogging friends, several of which are part of his Team 10 collective of YouTubers, rented out a house in Aspen, Colorado, from a woman named Isabelle Friedheim. They were celebrating Paul's 21st birthday, but they also used the opportunity to make ski, ride snow vehicles, made skits, do stunts, and hire a hypnotist — all of which was captured in multiple videos by different vloggers.

But according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by Friedheim, a copy of which was obtained by INSIDER and first reported by the Aspen Daily News and the Aspen Times, Friedheim only agreed to rent out the property — for personal residential purposes — to Krista Burditt, Team 10's manager.

Instead, 18 people stayed in the seven-bedroom house and trashed it while riding roughshod over the otherwise peaceful neighborhood, the lawsuit alleges.

"Defendant [allowed] Team 10 to abuse the property by throwing and breaking dishes against windows and walls,” the lawsuit states. “Defendant and Team 10 recorded their actions and posted videos of their actions on YouTube and other social-media sites."

One of the Team 10 members jumped off the roof onto a basketball hoop. Jake Paul watched and posted a video of it. Jake Paul/YouTube

The lawsuit goes into more detail about how Burditt allegedly violated the lease agreement:

"The disorderly conduct allowed and encouraged by (Burditt) included … driving vehicles at excessive speeds and in an irresponsible fashion on the property and throughout the neighborhood; driving vehicles on the property's lawn, neighbors' lawns, and on protected open fields throughout the neighborhood; driving off-road vehicles on the property's tennis court; pulling individuals on sleds throughout the neighborhood; driving off-road vehicles on the property and throughout the residential neighborhood at night; and using microphones and sound systems in the property at excessive noise levels."

Burditt paid more than $61,000 to cover cleaning fees and the security deposit, according to the lawsuit. But the lawsuit also alleges that Team 10 violated the local Home Owners Association's bylaws, which "may require the property owner to forfeit rent or other compensation collected from the lease."

The lawsuit seeks relief from those terms by having Burditt relinquish all of her profits related to the videos Team 10 shot in Aspen, as well as pay additional damages and attorney fees. It demands a trial by jury to reach a conclusion on those issues.

Burditt is the only person named in the lawsuit, rather than Paul or other Team 10 members. She didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.

This isn't the first time Jake Paul has gotten in trouble for disturbing the peace. In 2017, he was engaged in a dispute with his neighbors over the stunts he pulled in his Los Angeles neighborhood. In June, he left a North Carolina theme park after causing chaos with a motorized scooter meant for disabled guests.

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