rented this ladies house?
The production company even failed to furnish their own sheets, and used her good pillows during filming.
Porn co. used ‘nearly every room’ in my home
Owner was unaware pornography was being shot on property
An artist says pornographers who rented her Martha’s Vineyard home used “nearly every room” to make smutty videos — unbeknownst to her — violating the lease agreement, according to a federal lawsuit she filed this week.
After buying a DVD from the production, the homeowner, Leah Bassett, compiled a list of the places where the company filmed: “Her bedrooms, her living room, her family room sofas, her stairway, atop her dining room table, her bathroom, her basement, atop her laundry room appliances, etc.,” the complaint states.
The production company even failed to furnish their own sheets, and used her good pillows during filming.
“It became clear that they deliberately used her linens and bedspreads, including the decorative bedroom pillows hand sewn/designed by Ms. Bassett,” her lawsuit states.
Bassett said that “Schoolboy Fantasies 2” and “His Son’s Best Friend Vol. 1” are just two of as many as 24 films shot at her home in 2015, according to the suit.
Bassett is suing Mile High Distribution Inc., as well as the man who rented the home and the woman who directed the films.
Stephen A. Roach, the Boston lawyer defending Mile High, told the Herald last night that this is a “landlord-tenant dispute.”
“This matter arose out of a basic landlord-tenant dispute. The plaintiff was upset about unpaid rent from someone other than Mile High and my other clients,” Roach said. “The allegations are unfounded.”
Among the 10 counts of her lawsuit, one is a copyright complaint, stating that the movies use certain pieces of her artwork that are protected by copyright, without her permission. Bassett was able to identify 10 of her pieces featured prominently, or in the background of scenes, and took still pictures as evidence. She has since stopped looking, but fears all 53 of her works of art are featured in the pornography, the lawsuit states.
“It remains very painful and upsetting emotionally for Ms. Bassett to watch closely or repeatedly the videos,” her suit states.
Bassett is demanding a trial by jury, hoping for punitive and compensatory damages as well as lawyers’ fees.
