Here is the video on the 2nd trial against AirBNB itself:
YouTube: Lawsuit against AirBNB over removal from platform
As with the lawsuit against the guest –
YouTube link: Taking Defamatory AirBNB Review to Court for Damages
… the judge RIPS into the defense attorney in a rather entertaining fashion.
VIEWING GUIDE
If you ONLY have 10 minutes free, watch the judge rip AirBNB steadily starting at 23:30
If you ARE CONTEMPLATING a case against AirBNB, watch the entire video to see the process.
0-12:36 FIRST 12 minutes — wrangle over motion to dismiss
12:36-23:20 Judge says she wants to hear FACTS of case first, so we have 10 minutes (edited) of this
23:30-end Judge RIPS AirBNB. She denies motion to dismiss, hammers at AirBNB for its lack of talking to me in its “investigation”
25:14 “This investigation was fraud.”
26:42 “This investigation was bogus.”
29:04 “I think AirBNB owes you an apology.”
30:21 “It’s NOT. RIGHT what AirBNB is doing.”
30:33 “If you want people to bring you to court … do what you did to her.”
30:52 “This woman has been making money for you, and being a Superhost, and then all of a sudden, you don’t even want to talk to her?”
31:22 “I think it’s wrong for AirBNB to even have somebody sign that [the terms of service]. I really do.”
32:27 (WITH FEELING) "AirBNB needs to at least tell the truth. Tell the truth. And if not done, we’re going to hold them in contempt.”
** FREE BONUS **
Movie nods to Legally Blonde, My Cousin Vinny, Oliver Twist, The Pink Panther, Chocolat, Take the Money and Run, and Erin Brockovich
LINK to separate discussion on this forum of the case against the guest