Lawsuit is filed over shirtless Bill Belichick video

Published November 9, 2026 10:18 AM On Saturday, former Patriots coach Bill Belichick returned to New England, for a game between North Carolina and Connecticut. One day earlier, a lawsuit over a leaked video of a shirtless Belichick was filed in Massachusetts.Via Edward Lewis of the California Post, Jordon Hudson (who either is dating or was dating Belichick) sued the owners of an Airbnb rental for disclosing the Ring camera video generated three years ago, when Hudson and Belichick were using the property.The legal argument seems to be that the owners, by disclosing the video of Belichick sans shirt, triggered a storm of unflattering scrutiny of Hudson.From the lawsuit: “As a result of this leak, numerous false tabloid-like and click-bait stories have, and continue to, be published about her, which have held her up to intense ridicule and derision and caused immense damage.”The litigation seeks, among other things, compensation for “invasion of privacy and breach of contract” and an order prohibiting the property owners “from disclosing or disseminating any personal and/or private information related to Ms. Hudson to any third-party.” The entire premise of the lawsuit seems to be that the leak “outed [Hudson’s] romantic relationship with Belichick, something she had worked hard to keep private.” One of the basic factual questions will be whether she behaved in a manner consistent with keeping her identity as Belichick’s secret girlfriend private.At some point, she wasn’t keeping it private. She was flaunting it.By filing the lawsuit, Hudson has pulled the pin on a grenade that may eventually throw shrapnel at Belichick. If, as it appears, she believes that she never would have gotten her 15 minutes (and then some) of infamy without the video of shirtless Bill being leaked, it will be fair for the defendants’ lawyers to aggressively explore all of the ways in which she seemingly sought out attention and/or notoriety. The lawsuit ultimately sets the stage for a potentially aggressive discovery process that will most likely include lengthy depositions of Hudson and Belichick. And, during the lawyer-controlled question-and-answer sessions, Hudson will not be able to blurt out, “We’re not answering that.”As it relates to Belichick, the lawsuit creates potential hassle, headache, and distraction. He should have tried to talk her out of doing it.Maybe he did. If he did, he failed miserably.