A man living in his mother's Airbnb home secretly filmed a guest naked and then tried to blackmail her, prosecutors allege.
Prosecutors say Strutz admitted to hiding a cell phone camera in a basket on the bathroom counter.
AdvertisementThe son of an Airbnb host was sentenced to prison in connection to allegations that he secretly filmed a guest in the shower and tried to blackmail her into sending him an explicit video.
The graphic messages continued for several months until Strutz sent her a nude image of herself from when she showered in the Airbnb bathroom, prosecutors allege.
Strutz admitted he filmed the guest using a cell phone he had hidden in a basket on the bathroom counter, prosecutors allege in the complaint.
Persons:
Kevin Strutz, Strutz, —, cyberstalking, Airbnb
Organizations:
Prosecutors, Service, Eastern, Eastern District of California, FBI, CBS News, Attorney's, Eastern District of
Locations:
Ceres , California, Eastern District, Strutz's, Airbnb, Eastern District of California