'Fast & Furious' Actor Sued For Renovating His Airbnb Rental
"Fast & Furious" star Tyrese Gibson is facing a lawsuit after he allegedly caused damage to an Airbnb rental in Los Angeles when he renovated it.
Tracy Wolf, the property manager, claimed to TMZ that Gibson moved into the Woodland Hills estate in February after renting it for six months at $20,000 per month.
According to Wolf, the singer-actor allegedly soon began making "excessive alterations" to the property, including closing off doors and windows, altering electrical panels, painting a marble fireplace in a shiny gold metallic color and causing damage to the HVAC units.
The property manager alleged that these alterations damaged the home and were not temporary, as Gibson claimed.
But Gibson, in a video obtained by TMZ, defended the changes, stating that they were for privacy concerns and that the materials used were not permanently attached to the home's structures.
Wolf further claimed that Gibson tried to have banana trees removed from the property and allowed a construction crew to damage the home's wrought iron gate and stucco exterior. The outlet obtained footage showing the alleged damage.
Despite repeated requests not to make changes without written consent, Wolf alleged that Gibson disregarded the requests and made alterations at his discretion.
Tiffanique Webb, who owns the property, filed a lawsuit seeking more than $25,000 in damages after the actor allegedly failed to restore the home and stopped responding to efforts to contact him.
TMZ reached out to Gibson for comment but did not receive a response.
This legal issue follows Gibson's own lawsuit against Home Depot, where he sought $1 million, alleging racial discrimination against him and two workers who provide construction services for him.
Gibson claimed "discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling" by Home Depot staffers during a visit to one of the company's stores in California to buy some materials for a building project at the actor's home, The Guardian reported.
According to the lawsuit, a cashier allegedly did not allow Gibson's companions, Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez, to finish the purchase with the actor's credit card as Gibson waited in his car to avoid creating a disturbance in the store.
The store allegedly required Gibson to return and show identification to be allowed to buy the construction materials even after the actor permitted the two men, who are Mexican, to use his credit card via a video phone call.
This allegedly led to Gibson returning to the store and engaging in a "heated" conversation with the cashier before he could buy his items.
In their lawsuit, Gibson and his two workers also accused Home Depot of negligence in hiring, screening, training, supervising and retaining the employees with whom the plaintiffs dealt.
In a statement obtained by NBC News, a Home Depot spokesperson said the chain does not tolerate discrimination in "any form."
The spokesperson also insisted that Home Depot valued Gibson as a customer and that the company had tried "to resolve his concerns" through several overtures to him and his attorneys.
