Ari Teman thought his life had taken a bad turn a year ago, when his apartment was unwittingly selected to host a “BBW panty raid” orgy. Now, Teman says his life has been fully ruined by Airbnb: “I’m on a blacklist and cannot get a legitimate lease in all of New York City.”

Although, through some wink of the internet orgy gods, Teman came home before the “XXX Freak Fest” began and managed to prevent it, he says the damage is done—his landlord found out, as did his landlord friends. A Tumblr post outlines the ruins of his existence, exiled from the New York City lease ecosystem:

I am homeless because you stuck a “XXX Freak Fest” orgy in my apartment and abandoned me to deal with the fall out.

I’m not homeless because of finances – though the unimagined debt and massive amount of lost work caused by your orgy hasn’t helped – but because thanks to Airbnb I’m on a blacklist and cannot get a legitimate lease in all of New York City.

Brokers refuse to help me after looking me up and finding I’m on the blacklist. One building management refused to even accept a full year’s up-front payment because I was on the blacklist.

I’ve had to sleep in over 20 places since you put an orgy in my apartment, because I cannot get a lease. I’m exhausted and want a home.

He concludes with a good zinger: “Airbnb brags about how it’s growing fast. So does cancer. Airbnb is a cancer.” Damn. In its defense, Airbnb did give Teman over $23,000 after news of the Freak Fest broke last year, but it’s also true that Airbnb doesn’t do much to prevent malfeasance by its users (at an out of town wedding in February, I ate several of my Airbnb frozen pizzas). If Teman hadn’t used Airbnb, the odds of a BBW panty raid every being scheduled at his home would have been much, much lower—it seems the company could at least give him a lifetime housing voucher, or at least a pup tent.

You can read Ari Teman’s full post here.

Contact the author at biddle@gawker.com.
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