SFPD Arrests Suspect In Airbnb Rental Trashing

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, 2011 @09:12PM from the when-internets-attack dept.

theodp writes "Just days after it was reported that apartment sharing startup Airbnb had raised $112MM at a $1B+ valuation from investors that included Marc Andreessen and Jeff Bezos, Airbnb user EJ's blog entry on the ransacking of her apartment by Airbnb renters went viral, creating a PR nightmare that's turning into a war of words. CNET reports San Francisco police have confirmed that a 19-year-old woman has been arrested in the case, booked on possession of stolen property, methamphetamine, fraud charges, and an outstanding warrant."

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Re:It's the risk you take by doug141 · 2011-07-31 00:00 · Score: 4, Funny

My ex-mother-in-law rented out her house to complete strangers for six months while she was on the other side of the planet.... Although everything went fine
Reminds me of a story... Once I had the most vivid and shocking dream that my grandmother had been in a car accident. The phone woke me from that dream in the middle of the night. It was a wrong number.