Airbnb guests sue host over hidden cameras and invasion of privacy

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Hidden cameras in Airbnbs have been a hot issue lately, but apparently they're nothing new — at least according to two tenants, who claim they were illegally recorded by their host.

A couple are suing the host of an Airbnb rental property in Maine, claiming the guy installed a secret recording device in the master bedroom of an apartment they stayed in in 2020...which they fear it will roll during the hanky-panky!

In legal documents, obtained by TMZ, Kayla DeCristofaro and Ian Kelly say they rented a pad from a guy named Peter Madden around mid-September in Westbrook, ME...only to learn later that the guy was later charged with seven counts of breaching privacy using an internal device.

The couple claim they had no knowledge of it at the time...not suspecting anything was wrong and continuing with their stay as usual - including keeping busy in the bedroom , among other intimate moments during which they were undressed and/or having private conversations.

Welp, about a month later... DeCristofaro and Kelly say they were contacted by local police, who they say informed them that Madden had a hidden camera in a clock radio in the bedroom... with a full view of the bed, and apparently filming.

Both men say they were never made aware of Madden or Airbnb cameras, and insist they had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the room. home. They are suing Madden for breach of privacy and emotional distress.

Of course, that echoes a woman who last month claimed there were not-so-secret cameras littered around an Airbnb rental in Philadelphia — but the company shut it down...