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A Florida mom is suing a company that vets guests for Airbnb after she says she was banned from the short-term rental platform over a pair of past felony convictions that have since been expunged.

The mistake, which the lawsuit argues never should have happened, left the woman unable to take her daughter to a series of potentially lucrative rodeo competitions, and prevented the girl — whose winnings provide the family’s main source of income — from qualifying for the barrel racing national championships.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine having your Kids success in Sports and competitions be the main source of income for the whole family. What are these parents doing? Thats a Lot of Stress and pressure for a kid to experiences in their formative years.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I agree, but it's not the main point. They may have few options when they can't get their expunged records to go away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

That is true and is honestly a miserable thought.

Imagine having to sue to get a unlawful handling of yourselfes removed. That is terrifying and Not really deserving for the "Land of the Free" at all.

[–] satans_methpipe 3 points 3 days ago

Florida person exploits child to abuse horses. Gets stopped by prior felonies.

That poor kid needs an advocate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Sounds like an open and shut case of libel.

[–] givesomefucks -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Booking the family into hotels and RV parks became the only option for Doe, which were often either unaffordable or too small for everyone to fit, the complaint states.

I dunno about all that...

It's a legit question about how the expungement of records works tho. Back in the day no one kept records on hand, now if a record exists and part of it is expunged...

Those records still exist out there somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Expungement requires it to be removed from all public records. No exceptions.

[–] givesomefucks -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

How are these public?

They're copies of old records that are owned by private companies

Like, that's the entire point of the article and the lawsuit...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Public record can't be owned by a private company and if they maintain a copy, they are responsible with keeping information up-to-date and if the record is expunged they are by law required to destroy it.

[–] givesomefucks -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You can have an argument with me about it, or you could read the article...

Personally, I think the chances of you believing the article is a lot higher than you believing me rewording the article.

Like, even just explaining the difference between "can" and "legally can" would help you out here. But there's just a lot of steps likely involved with getting you caught up.

Just read the article