![The Silver Spring, Maryland Airbnb rental in which a renting couple allege spy cameras might have recorded them during intimate moments back in August 2022. [Screenshot/FOX 5 DC]](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2023-07-27-084422-e1690462507100.jpg "The Silver Spring, Maryland Airbnb rental in which a renting couple allege spy cameras might have recorded them during intimate moments back in August 2022. [Screenshot/FOX 5 DC]")
A Texas couple sued a Maryland Airbnb host for invasion of privacy after a man allegedly planted secret cameras that filmed them during an intimate moment.
The engaged young couple drove over 20 hours to Rockville, Maryland, for a two-night stay at an Airbnb property with access granted only to the bedroom and a bathroom, per a statement by Whitney, LLP, the law firm representing the couple. The pair allegedly got intimate in the bathroom and as they relaxed in bed with a movie afterward, they noticed two oddly-positioned smoke detectors in the room, with one above their bed.
The man, who had experience installing smoke detectors, allegedly inspected the smoke detector and found a hidden camera, the statement said. The pair allegedly found two other smoke detectors in the bathroom.
The pair allegedly left the residence for a hotel, taking along one of the bedroom cameras but unable to dismount the ones in the bathroom, and reported to Montgomery County police. Police found an additional hidden camera in the basement of the building which a renter had just occupied, and multiple hidden cameras stowed away in a safe, which the host at first had denied the police permission to search, according to the statement. (RELATED: Parents Sue AirBnB After Their Children Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning)
A couple from Texas is suing a Maryland man after he allegedly planted hidden cameras inside the Airbnb they rented. https://t.co/LVX2WLvAS9
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The couple, identified as Kayelee Gates and Christian Capraro, sat down for an interview with FOX 5 Washington DC that aired Wednesday. “I went into pure panic, like, pure shock mode. I definitely have had many cry sessions about it,” Gates said.
The Airbnb host, Christopher Goisse, and the incident allegedly happened back in August 2022, per the footage. Goisse has alleged that the couple might have planted the camera themselves.
“Now it’s a Pandora’s box of uncertainty. Once that box is opened, once that recording is made, it’s impossible to know where it went, who sent it, has it been shared, has it gone on the internet?” Dan Whitney, Jr. of the Whitney law firm said.
Montgomery County police did not comment given the pending litigation, FOX 5 DC noted.