“His identity as Mr. Belichick’s romantic partner was revealed to the general public as a direct result of defendants’ leaking of this personal and private information about Ms. Hudson, as well as images taken of a shirtless Mr. Belichick on their property, without his or Ms. Hudson’s knowledge,” the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified financial damages. The Winthrop couple had not formally responded to the lawsuit as of Monday morning and no attorney was listed for them in court documents.
The images of Belichick shirtless outside the Winthrop property had a negative impact on Hudson, including “ridicule and disparagement,” according to his civil complaint.
“This unwanted scrutiny and subsequent media reports, which contained false information, caused significant harm to Ms. Hudson,” the lawsuit states.
Such damage would not have occurred without the defendants’ alleged leak of the Ring camera footage, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint states that the defendants “enjoyed the media attention that followed,” which included an interview with Pablo Torre that aired on his popular podcast, “Pablo Torre Discovers 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” permission, according to the suit.
Hudson booked a four-night stay at the Winthrop property in June 2023 through Airbnb, according to the lawsuit.
McDevitt requested an in-person meeting with Hudson when she checked in, allegedly to familiarize her with the property, the lawsuit states.
Hudson agreed to the meeting, which Belichick did not attend.
During the last night of the stay, McDevitt texted Hudson warning him not to park in front of a neighboring residence, according to the lawsuit.
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 recorded without the knowledge or permission of Mr. Belichick or Ms. Hudson,” the complaint states.
Hudson responded that she would comply with parking rules.
In response, McDevitt suggested she recognized Belichick from the video.
“As we’ve discussed, I’m a huge cowboy fan but I don’t live under a rock! I wish you the best! Don’t forget to leave the parking pass behind (heart emoji),” McDevitt wrote, according to the lawsuit.
In his text messages, Hudson repeatedly asked for assurances that the video would be removed.
“When McDevitt finally responded, she stated in an ominous tone, ‘We are going to remove him from the ring, but as you know, unfortunately, the videos are never completely removed,’” the complaint states.
Hudson responded with concern but thanked McDevitt for confirming that the video would be removed.
McDevitt said she would not distribute the images, 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).’ Eager to appease McDevitt, Ms. Hudson complied and left a five-star rating on Airbnb.
But in November 2023, images of a shirtless Belichick appeared online and immediately “went viral” and “became infamous,” according to the complaint.
This was “demonstrated by football player Tom Brady making a highly publicized joke about it during his Netflix roast,” which aired in May 2024, “six months after the video was initially leaked,” the lawsuit says.
After the video was made public, Hudson confronted McDevitt, who initially denied distributing the footage and promised to contact the Ring company to see what happened, according to the complaint.
McDevitt then issued a “thinly veiled” threat to Hudson if she took legal action, according to the complaint.
“If you decide to take legal action, we will respond and the discovery process will likely not be well received by the person in the video,” McDevitt wrote to Hudson.
The lawsuit says McDevitt “shockingly admitted” in early May 2025 to distributing the images in another text exchange with Hudson.
“All this time has passed, I can assure you we have not released the video,” McDevitt wrote. “We had sent it to a few people initially wondering if it was him (Mr. Belichick) was it him and I don’t know what happened from there, but we deleted it from the camera, as I assured you. We were never happy about it being posted and never commented that it was our house on any social media channel. You should come back lol!”
The podcast episode with Torre was released 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 had sent a copy of the video to one or more friends,” the lawsuit states.
The defendants also gave Torre “unedited Ring video of Mr. Belichick,” which he aired on his show, according to the filing.
Hudson then reported the defendants to Airbnb, and the platform removed the couple as hosts, according to the lawsuit.
Travis Andersen can be contacted at travis.andersen@globe.com.
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