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jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

So this is not a trial but she needs to publicly provide documentary evidence for everything she has said up to this point, including photos of any damage and her entire "email cache"?

Please tell me who she owes this responsibility to?

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

Actually I think her words have done an excellent job of explaining why she feels the way she does and I don't want anyone else invading her privacy any more than it already has been violated.

For that matter, I think you've got some nerve tracking her down, handing her contact details over to an Airbnb investor and claiming to be helping her to find an objective independent mediator.

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

From her perspective it might as well be if we're talking about a company with a $1 Billion valuation versus a woman who is sleeping at friends' apartments to keep herself off the street.

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

I don't think she needs to explain every technicality of what happened. The police will deal with those matters. She's not on trial in the court of public opinion.

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

As far as damage to the apartment, pictures with some proof would help (and would indicate the extent of the damage), and if the truth is to come out about the interaction with AirBNB then someone would have to dump their email cache.

Visual proof has already been obtained by the police. Why does the victim have to provide photos to the general public?

For that matter, why does she have to "dump her email cache"?

Are we putting her on trial on HN?

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

I'm not sure whether she is more scared of the robbers or the consequences of her publicity because of this event and going up against a well-funded company in a potential legal battle.

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

Ok but doesn't Airbnb have much bigger fish behind them now that could help with this? (Ashton Kutcher, Andreeson, DST, General Catalyst)

I would be surprised if these companies have not offered the support of their PR teams to help Airbnb dig themselves out of this hole.

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

Wouldn't the Airbnb guys have already given her contact info to PG if they had wanted to?

What made you decide to do so and did you ask her for permission to pass on her details to a third party?

jcunninghamon How The Hell Is This My Fault?

Maybe it's as simple as being angered when you see someone outrageously victimized and then doubly wronged by a startup that you previously had a lot of respect for?

jcunninghamon Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

It didn't sound like your heart went out to her.

Sounded more like your lawyer went out to her.

jcunninghamon Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

What does "standing by" mean?

What does "whatever we can" mean?

Why did you say yesterday there is a suspect in custody if the victim claims the suspect was released a month ago?

Do you think it's a problem that we have to parse your words so carefully now?

jcunninghamon Airbnb Nightmare: No End In Sight

So Chesky dropped the "suspect is in custody" line to give the press the impression of closure?

Foxy move on his part.

Looks like he just got busted though or the victim would surely know of the existence of a suspect.