35-year-old mommy influencer secretly films couple being shown around her house by realtor, flips out when they threaten to sue: 'She's blasting us all over town'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Feb 18, 2025 4:00 PM EST

As being an influencer has become more and more of an accepted career path, it is amazing the lengths that some will go to simply for the sake of engagement and views. Of course, there are the MrBeasts of this world who come up with ever more elaborate conceits and make ridiculous amounts of money for it, but it is even common for those who are more small time to do things that are likely to raise eyebrows.

With the ruthless algorithms that social media has today, it is inevitable that many will try and do the most to stand out. However, this often comes with consequences, especially when they are doing something at somebody else's expense. The ethics of a career on the internet can be murky, but that doesn't mean that it is a necessity to play into that. Unfortunately, that is exactly what a certain minority try to do.

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  • This is something that one couple faced after they toured a house that belonged to a mommy influencer. While they went around the place with their realtor, the woman secretly recorded them with security cameras and posted a video of them critiquing her property. The couple were furious that their identities had been made public, and threatened to sue. The influencer did not take this well and began to attack them further.

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    AITA for threatening to sue a mommy influencer?

    Me (39F) and my husband (44M) are currently looking for a new home, after outgrowing our current starter home. We live in a suburb of a major metropolitan area, I'm an architect and he's an attorney. Ideally we're looking for a home that has some good bones, that we can renovate to our taste since I'm an architect and we have friends who work in the trades. Long story short we toured a house two weeks ago that I thought may be a good fit, there was a lot that needed to be changed and updated but
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    Flash forward about 4 days and I get a text from one of my friends asking if I'd seen this, with a link to an instagram reel from a local 'mommy' influencer (35F). I click on it and its a security camera video of my husband and I walking through the home on a tour with our realtor, and she's taken all the clips where I was talking about things that I didn't like or what I would change, and spliced it up so it looks like I'm being highly critical of her home. The rest of the video is her saying s
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    My husband drafted up a cease and desist letter yesterday threatening legal action unless she removes the videos and now she's blasting us all over town to kingdom come with her little army of mommy trolls on my husbands law firm social media accounts and my firms webpage (mind you I'm the owner of my firm so it doesnt make a difference for me, but it does for my husband). She hasn't taken down the video yet and we are fully prepared to take her to court if she doesnt.
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    My realtor is extremely embarrassed and said that the other realtor is embarrassed as well. Needless to say we are not pursuing her house anymore and are taking a pause while we deal with this. Two of our friends said we should've just tried to ride it out and let it pass because this type of thing always does, but I just could not let her do this. AITA? TLDR; we toured an influencers house, she recorded us secretly and then posted it online for likes, seems like rage bait but I am fully raging.
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    Commenters could hardly believe what they had just read.

    BlueGreen 1956 ΝΤΑ Show no mercy. People like her continue to do things like that because nobody ever follows through and nails their a to the wall. Secretly recording you could be enough on its own to cause her some major trouble.
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    cuterileyyx The supposed influencer is just craving for attention and needs to do this for a bunch of likes. People like this need to learn a lesson.
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    nazuswahs Is it legal to record you without your permission? I'd sure pursue legal remedy if possible.
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    sniper1rfa It actually doesn't matter, even if the recording is legal it is illegal to use somebody's likeness in a commercial film without their permission. The only real exception is if you have zero expectation of privacy. If you're walking outside in public and the people filming don't approach you specifically then they don't need permission, but in pretty much any other case they do.
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    jrm1102 NTA (your friend) Get her. Take her down. Go after this toxic bulls with as much ferocity as you want.
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    nerdit1000 NTA - influencers need to be held accountable for their fake BS. How toxic can a person be? And to show your faces?? They aren't very bright and should probably consult their own attorney to get a feel for the damage they've caused.
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    ContributionTight569 NTA. Go for the jugular. DOWN WITH INFLUENCERS!!!
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    AquaPrincess1999 NTA- You have been doxxed. You have enough to have a good court case and win.
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    your-yogurt also sue her for defamation of character, harassment, screenshot everything, find out your local laws concerning recording without consent, and take any money she's made from the views of you
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    curiousjosh NTA. Defend yourself from this pariah.
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    bookwormsolaris NTA. I have a low opinion of influencers, and mommy influencers especially. Sue her
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    fuzzy_mic Talk to your husband, but you should sue the realtor, sue the owner, sue the influencer and sue the platform. If the realtor ever said something like "I'll leave you two alone so you can talk" while you toured the house (my realtor said that to me and my wife when we toured a home) there's an explicit statement of privacy that even a one party consent law might have problems with.
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    Lumpy_Jellyfish_275 If she doesn't want her home "changed " and she wants to keep the "integrity of the house" why is it even up for sale. ?? Just cause a person wants to change things about a perspective house doesn't mean they're mean and nasty people.. geez. Not everyone is gonna have the exact same taste as you.
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    T9Para When we sold our house, it had security cameras installed, and we were told that they could not be on - or recording. In Delaware we were told it was illegal (??) We also had to disclose the cameras to prospective buyers to solve this issue. I would flat out take her to court, and the more she blasts you, the more I would go after. Your Hubby is the lawyer so I'm sure he knows all of those ins and outs
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    Whatever 1967 Absolutely sue her. Because there might be Disadvantages for your husband and also for you! She is trying to harm you for a story, just to make money with it. So it would be a good thing if you sue her, because it would show that she can't just do whatever she wants, and ab e anyone just for her to make money. And then maybe contact an influencer to show your side of the story, especially your expertise: what you would change and why, maybe with some tips for people who want to imp
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    shammy_dammy Hubby's an attorney. Let him deal with it.
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    Such_Context4565 If you go after her with everything you have (it's a lot with video proof and unlimited attorney representation), you are not only standing up for yourself but also protecting the rest of the community from this unhinged, entitled individual. Crush her. It's the right thing to.
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