”Her identity as Mr. Belichick’s romantic partner was outed to the general public as a direct result of Defendants leaking this personal and private information about Ms. Hudson, along with footage taken of a shirtless Mr. Belichick at their property, without his or Ms. Hudson’s knowledge or authorization,” the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified financial damages. The Winthrop couple hadn’t formally responded to the lawsuit as of Monday morning, and no attorney was listed for them in court papers.
The footage of Belichick shirtless outside the Winthrop property has adversely affected Hudson, including “ridicule and denigration,” according to her civil complaint.
“This unwanted scrutiny and the ensuing media stories, which contain false information, has caused significant damage to Ms. Hudson,” the lawsuit said.
Such damage would not have occurred if not for the defendants’ alleged leak of the Ring camera footage, the lawsuit said.
The complaint said the defendants “relished the ensuing media attention,” which included sitting for an interview with Pablo Torre that aired on his popular podcast, “Pablo Torre Finds Out.”
During the interview, McDevitt and Nolan “disclosed additional private information regarding Ms. Hudson’s stay at their property and provided Torre with another video of Mr. Belichick taken without” authorization, the lawsuit alleged.
Hudson in June 2023 booked a four-night stay at the Winthrop property through Airbnb, according to the lawsuit.
McDevitt requested an in-person meeting with Hudson when she checked in, purportedly to get her acquainted with the property, the lawsuit stated.
Hudson agreed to the meeting, which Belichick did not attend.
During the final night of the stay, McDevitt texted Hudson to warn her not to park in front of a neighboring residence, the lawsuit said.
McDevitt also sent “a link to a Ring video of a shirtless Mr. Belichick walking to and from the Property, which had been captured and saved without the knowledge or authorization of Mr. Belichick or Ms. Hudson,” the complaint said.
Hudson replied she would comply with the parking rules.
In response, McDevitt suggested she had recognized Belichick from the video.
“As we discussed, I’m a huge cowboys fan but don’t live under a rock! Wishing you the best! Please don’t forget to leave the parking pass behind [heart emoji],” McDevitt wrote, per the lawsuit.
In text messages, Hudson repeatedly sought assurances that the video would be deleted.
“When McDevitt finally responded, she ominously stated: ‘We will delete it from ring, but as you know, unfortunately, videos are never totally deleted,’” the complaint said.
Hudson responded with concern but thanked McDevitt for confirming the video would be deleted.
McDevitt said she wouldn’t distribute the footage, according to the lawsuit, and she also “not-so-[subtly] urged Ms. Hudson to leave a good review on Airbnb by stating: ‘We would appreciate a good review [heart emoji].’ Desiring to placate McDevitt, Ms. Hudson complied and left a five-star rating on Airbnb.”
But in November 2023, the footage of a shirtless Belichick appeared online and immediately “went viral” and “became infamous,” according to the complaint.
That was “evidenced by the fact that football player Tom Brady made a highly publicized joke about it during his roast on Netflix,” which aired in May 2024, “six months after the video was initially leaked,” the lawsuit said.
After the video went public, Hudson confronted McDevitt, who initially denied distributing the footage and vowed to contact the Ring company to see what happened, according to the complaint.
McDevitt later issued a “thinly veiled” threat to Hudson should she file suit, the complaint said.
“If you decide to take any legal action, we will respond and the discovery process would presumably not be welcomed by the person in the video,” McDevitt wrote to Hudson.
The lawsuit said McDevitt in early May of 2025 “shockingly admitted” to distributing the footage in another text exchange with Hudson.
“All this time has gone by, I can assure you we didn’t release the video,” McDevitt wrote. “We had sent it to a few people initially wondering is this him [Mr. Belichick], isn’t it him and I don’t know what happened from there, but we did delete it from the camera, as I assured you. We were never happy that it was released and never commented that it was our home on any social media channels. You guys should come back lol!”
The podcast episode with Torre dropped a few weeks later.
On the podcast, McDevitt and Nolan, who requested anonymity during the episode, “confirmed that they recognized Mr. Belichick on the Ring Video and again confirmed that they sent a copy of the video to one or more friends,” the lawsuit said.
The defendants also gave Torre “previously unreleased Ring video of Mr. Belichick,” which he played on his show, the filing said.
Hudson later reported the defendants to Airbnb, and the platform removed the couple as hosts, according to the lawsuit.
Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com.