Leah Bassett is not a happy camper. She owns a luxury, beachside rental property in Aquinnah, Massachusetts that she says was totally defiled by an adult film production company.
According to a new lawsuit, Bassett claims she rented her home to some dude named Joshua Spafford from October 4, 2014 through May 15, 2015.
Or so she thought.
In reality, Spafford rented the home on behalf of another a person, Monica Jensen (a.k.a. Nica Noelle), who owns the adult production company, Mile High Media, so they could “create a multitude of gay male and transsexual porn/videos.”
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In the lawsuit, Bassett says Spafford made no mention that her home would be used “as a shooting locale for commercial porn” prior to renting it, and that the lease specifically stated the property could not be used for any commercial purposes.
Not just that, but she says when she returned to the house in May 2015, there were extensive damages to the property that totaled in nearly $16,000.
Bassett didn’t initially know the house had been used as a porn set. It wasn’t until after she did some online sleuthing that she says she “independently made the highly disturbing discovery that her personal residence had been used during the leasehold for the commercial production of graphic pornography.”
According to The Blast:
Bassett claims she then “proceeded over the ensuing weeks/months to engage in periodic — and admittedly somewhat obsessive — review of” websites connected to Spafford, Jensen and Mile High and various other porn actors who publicly boasted about their porn shoots in Martha’s Vineyard.
She says she discovered “numerous photos” and “numerous clothed, nude, semi-nude, and/or graphic sex scene photos or video clips that depicted Ms. Bassett’s home, and its distinctive furnishings and artwork, in the background or foreground of those still photos or video clips.”
And the more research she did, the worse it got.
Bassett claims Spafford and friends “utilized nearly every room of her home for their porn production purposes, including nude, semi-nude and/or male ejaculatory scenes in her bedrooms, her living room and family room sofas, her stairway, atop her dining room table, her bathrooms, her basement, atop her laundry room appliances.”
In addition to those horrors, Bassett says they “deliberately used her linens and bedspreads, including the decorative bedroom pillows hand-sewn/designed specifically by Ms. Bassett, for their condom-less ejaculatory porn scenes, rather than purchasing and using more generic linens … of their own.”
As a result of the shocking discovery, Bassett says she suffered severe emotional distress that required her to see a therapist to help deal with the “emotionally and psychologically traumatizing effects” of everything that had happened.
She also could not live on the property for two years. It was just too painful.
Now, she’s suing Spafford for breach of contract and trespassing, as well as copyright infringement since her copyright-protected artwork was shown in many of the porn scenes. Oh, and she wants to be reimbursed for her dry cleaning.
The lawsuit doesn’t list a specific dollar amount, but Bassett notes that if she had leashed the home to a production company, she would have charged well over $300,000.
ChrisK
I feel sorry for the misses Basset. Yep. Her trauma was like guys coming back from war. I just hope someone had the smelling salts she undoubtedly needed.
Juanjo
Renting a property out has risks. I used to rent out a condo when I was not using it. I stopped because of the constant issues. People stole artwork off the walls and small appliance out of the kitchen. Busted the dinnerware like they were in a Greek restaurant. Destroy a quilt by doing something which seemed to involve the exchange of bodily fluids on a level I have never seen and never thought possible. It was at the point where the damage deposit was not enough to cover the damage. BTW the people renting were all professionals – doctors, lawyers, bank officers etc.
Troyfight
^…wow, that is sad. Where was this – what city?
unreligious
Yes that is the sad state of renting residential real estate. Usually even if you sue in small claims court (or even regular court) you never end up getting paid. It’s why most real estate investors will only invest in commercial real estate.
JerseyMike
Using her place for commercial use… NO… having sex all over a place I am renting… YES…
Troyfight
^Exactly what I thought, JerseyMike. It’s pretty simple.
RIGay
There is a certain “Ick!” factor. I feel sorry for her; property is not cheap, and (as I am finding out) hiring a contractor to effect repairs does not come cheap.
A lawsuit, I believe, is warranted against the production company.
Troyfight
I swear we’ve read this story before….maybe it was similar.
ChrisK
A women sued Micheal lucus for using her Airbnb rental to film a porn.
Troyfight
^That’s it, Chris, thanks.
Larry
If people having sex in her house causes trauma, she has quite a few more issues to deal with.
batesmotel
Well I think it’s more that they used her really nice linens instead of using their own. 😉 At least that’s what it said.
dinard38
This goes WAAAAAAYYYYY beyond just having sex in her house. They caused thousands of dollars of damage; pictures of her home, external and internal are out on the internet associated with hardcore porn; they squirted man-juice all over her linens. Who knows if they washed the linens afterwards. If they caused extensive damage, it’s unlikely that they washed the linens. Yuck!!!
Creamsicle
I’d just like to point out that these guys filmed their ejactulation on her linens and that bothered her. But there could have been any number of previous renters who ejaculated on her linens and she was just never aware. When you rent out your place expect people to fuck in it.
Also her “obsession,” with tracking down scenes of the house must have been hilarious to observe and probably looked a lot more like porn addiction than “sleuthing.”
mc4bbs
I cannot stop laughing thinking of multiple guys jizzing on her hand-made needlepoint throw pillows. “Bless this mess” takes on a whole new meaning!
jeffmcelhaney
The writer of this story is really getting in the mood the seams” “Bassett notes that if she had leashed the home to a production company, she would have charged well over $300,000.”
Leashed?
LOL.
MartyO49
Aquinnah used to be named “Gay Head”. I guess the film studio thought it was the perfect site…
Kangol
I feel bad for Ms. Bassett and also bad for repeatedly bursting into laughter as I read this article through several times (it was that funny–oops, sorry). But seriously, it sounds like she has a case against the pornographers. Who among us would want to open up a drawer of expensive linens were crusted in jizz or eat off a oak table polished in cum or find that our delicate, one-of-a-kind, hand-sewn bedroom pillows were stained with piss, santorum and worse? Oh, the inhumanity (and that signed lease)!
Juanjo
More to the point – why in the world would anyone in their right mind put out custom made bedroom pillows or expensive linen anything in a property they were renting to strangers? Even the most considerate tenant is likely to cause some damage.
phallictomato
“The lawsuit doesn’t list a specific dollar amount, but Bassett notes that if she had leashed the home to a production company, she would have charged well over $300,000.”
In other words, she wants hundreds of thousands of dollars, for something that wouldn’t cost anywhere near that, to repair the damages that were done. Regardless, if it stated in her contract that they weren’t allowed to use the premises for commercial purposes, they deliberately ignored it. What I find most disgusting, is how the porn company used her own personal stuff to get off on. How hard (excuse the pun) would it have been to have used their own linens, for example? And they should have asked permission first, and repaired the damages done, and get rid of all cum-stains etc. (using a blacklight) to restore it to its original condition. Then, pay for emotional damages (certainly not to the tune of $300,000 though). Maybe $10,000 or thereabouts would be sufficient I’d say.
Personally, I wouldn’t mind a gay porn company using my place to ‘shoot’ scenes – as long as they return it to the original condition and cleanliness, and pay well for using the place.
As for this case though, the way they treated it, and ignored the contract, was disgusting. She should be compensated around $10,000 in my opinion (enough for a nice, free, vacation), and get them to clean up. I’m sure the porn company would have made that much just from the scenes anyway.
girldownunder
They broke the terms of a legal contract. She can hire anyone & pay any amount to fix/replace what was ruined. I’d be sure to find the highest bidder. They’ll also be up to cover her legal fees.
Considering their lying & utter lack of respect for her home & contents (and the specific charges), I’d say they’re up for the emotional damage, as well.
The court/judge will find it vile & come down against that company– no doubt in my mind.
Keebler ILF
I’ve always wondered how porn companies clean up all those fluids after porn scenes.
Maybe one day Sean Cody will do a ‘behind the scenes’ video of that.
This article reminds me of a scene from Guardians Of The Galaxy.
https://youtu.be/5N5rqF25y9I
gayjim1969
She has a case for breach of contract to the extent of the wording of the rental agreement and any monetary compensation for damages to the property. Her “pain and suffering,” claim to PTSD, is another matter; in this day in age, though, a jury just might give it to her. A judge, on the other hand, will be more likely to stick to the law of their jurisdiction.
The truth is that people have sex in rental homes, and they use the owner’s linens; regular people have sex in the bathroom, living room, on the floor, on the couch, and on various pieces of furniture when on vacation. You are either naive or lying to yourself if you don’t realize that; so, either rent out your home to comatose medical patients or place plastic over everything!
winemaker
This lady has a cut and dried case against the production company for breach of contract. Hopefully she gets all the repairs done and a pile of money for her emotional distress. You can’t be too careful to whom you rent your propety to, both temporary and long term. I wonder if Air B&B has any culpability too? Hopefully Queertv will follow this case to resolution. It’ll be inteesting to see the outcome.
batesmotel
This is beyond the having sex in her house. They also created $16,000 worth of damage that only a little film crew could do. I work in the business and that’s unethical to film something at a location without notifying the owners. Sounds like this little film was super low budget. This has nothing to do with the porn sex aspect. It’s making a film in someone’s home without them knowing about it. Sounds like she’s got a case. Although, on the flip side, strange that she somehow found out by doing some research. Interesting. Something missing from that story.
darren michaels
Our homes are more than just a place to shower and sleep, but expecting strangers to treat your home and your belongings as you would is not a reasonable expectation. It would be great to have our belongings treated as well and with a sense of awareness of value and consideration. But those are not realistic expectations when a stranger is paying for the benefit of using your home to reside, temporarily or longer a personal residence becomes essentially a commercial property to others, similar to a hotel. Only we, ourselves will have any consideration or thought for the financial and psychological value of the pieces that make our house a home. `
darren michaels
It’s unreasonable to think strangers are not “fornicating” on the 1000count Egyptian cotton. But is it the fact “relations” occurred that is troubling or is it the fact that permanent proof of said act exists.?
As Ms.Bassett appeared to be so quick in offering a “commercial” rental price I think she’s more bothered the productions occurred and she failed to receive a cut of the revenue.