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May 21, 2026

Lounge owner sues SF landlord for $2.55M over viral hosing video

The owner of San Francisco's Barbarossa Lounge alleges a viral 2023 video of the landlord hosing a homeless person outside the bar wrongly tied the conduct to the business and caused lasting reputational and financial damage.

A San Francisco lounge owner sued his landlord for more than $2.55 million, alleging a viral 2023 video showing the landlord hosing a homeless person outside the business falsely linked the conduct to the bar and triggered threats, harassment and major financial losses.

Arash Ghanadan and The Bubble Lounge San Francisco Inc., which operates Barbarossa Lounge at 714 Montgomery St., filed suit May 15 in San Francisco County Superior Court against Shannon Collier Gwin, individually a...

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