The complaint, filed Friday in Massachusetts by attorney Howard Cooper and colleagues, names rental hosts Elise McDevitt and Craig Nolan. It accuses them of leaking the footage and personal information about Hudson. Belichick is not a party to the lawsuit.

According to the suit, Hudson and Belichick were keeping their romance private when they stayed at the Winthrop rental she booked in the summer of 2023. Belichick was then nearing the end of his 24-year tenure as Patriots head coach, a run that included six Super Bowl titles.

The doorbell video showed Belichick stepping shirtless out of the home onto a porch. Hudson was not in the clip, but it surfaced on the social platform X in November 2023 and circulated widely in the media. She was subsequently identified publicly as Belichick's girlfriend; he is 74 and she is 25.

"These egregious violations of Ms. Hudson's privacy have, among other things, resulted in significant unwanted publicity and scrutiny of Ms. Hudson and her relationship with Mr. Belichick," the complaint states, adding that she has been subjected to ridicule.

According to the lawsuit, Hudson learned of the video when McDevitt texted it to her along with an instruction not to park in front of a neighbor's house. In later texts, McDevitt joked about football and said it was "clear who is on the video," while Hudson repeatedly pressed her to delete it. McDevitt eventually said she would trash the footage but hedged that "videos are never totally deleted" and said she was "not distributing the video," the suit alleges.

After the clip appeared on X, McDevitt denied having posted it or leaked it to anyone, according to the complaint. But the suit says McDevitt later texted that she "had sent it to a few people" but never envisioned it becoming public.

Airbnb is not named in the lawsuit. The complaint says the company removed McDevitt and Nolan from the platform after Hudson reported what had happened.

Voicemail and email messages seeking comment were left Monday for McDevitt and Nolan, and a social media message was sent to McDevitt. No attorney was listed for them in the court record. Messages seeking comment from Belichick were left for a University of North Carolina football team spokesperson. At a recent news conference, Belichick declined to answer a question about whether he was still in a relationship with Hudson.

The case highlights the privacy risks that come with short-term rentals, where doorbell and security cameras are common, and the speed with which personal moments can spread online. It also puts a spotlight on the responsibilities of hosts who control such footage.