A recent lawsuit has brought to light serious allegations against a popular home-sharing platform and two individuals, concerning the safety of their rental property. On March 28, 2025, Fannie Mae Broome filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, against Aleksey Belov, Tatsiana Zavilenskaya, and Airbnb, Inc. The lawsuit seeks damages exceeding $50,000 for injuries sustained due to alleged negligence.
According to the complaint filed by Broome's attorney Crystal Sebago, the incident occurred on November 2, 2023. Broome was lawfully present at a property located at 1339 Buckingham Drive in Largo, Florida—premises owned or controlled by defendants Belov and Zavilenskaya and listed on Airbnb. While walking in the front yard of this property, Broome stepped into a large hole that was obscured due to inadequate lighting. This fall resulted in a broken hip requiring emergency surgery. The plaintiff claims that both Belov and Zavilenskaya were aware of the dangerous conditions on their property but failed to address them adequately.
The lawsuit accuses Belov and Zavilenskaya of several counts of negligence including failing to repair multiple holes in the yard despite being aware of them and not ensuring adequate lighting that could have prevented such an accident. Additionally, they are accused of failing to maintain their premises safely or warn Broome about these hidden dangers. These failures allegedly violate nondelegable duties imposed by Florida law on landlords to ensure safety through proper design, construction, maintenance, inspection, and compliance with applicable laws.
Airbnb is also named as a defendant under similar allegations. As per the complaint, Airbnb had control over the property listing process and thus shared responsibility for ensuring its safety standards were met. Like Belov and Zavilenskaya, Airbnb is accused of negligence for not remedying known hazards or providing sufficient illumination around potentially dangerous areas like those where Broome fell.
Broome seeks judgment against all three defendants for compensation covering her physical injuries—specifically mentioning her fractured hip—and associated medical expenses incurred both past and future along with emotional distress caused by this incident. She demands pre-judgment interest on economic losses already suffered plus any other relief deemed appropriate by court proceedings.
Representing Fannie Mae Broome is attorney Crystal Sebago from Tampa-based firm Crystal Sebago P.A., while no information regarding defense attorneys has been disclosed yet within available documents related directly back towards case number 25-001534-CI overseen under jurisdiction provided via Ken Burke’s office acting Clerk role throughout Pinellas County's circuit court system where initial filing took place electronically earlier late March year twenty-twenty-five (03/28/2025).