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The former landlord of TikTok's The Hype House said the group went 'haywire' while renting his $10million Hollywood home before vacating the lease after they nearly faced jail time for an illegal fireworks show.
Danny Fitzgerald sued six members of the Hype House, including co-founders Thomas Petrou, 24, and Chase 'Huddy' Hudson, 20, after the Gen-Z influencers allegedly trashed his home and left behind more than $300,000 worth of damages.
'When they moved in, they were so fun,' Fitzgerald told DailyMail.com in a phone interview on Thursday. The landlord said he 'played ping pong' with the group for 10 days straight and even met YouTuber and honorary Hype House member Nikita Dragun, 26.
'But then it went haywire.'
Danny Fitzgerald sued six members of the Hype House after the Gen-Z influencers trashed his home and left behind more than $300,000 worth of damages
Hype House co-founders Thomas Petrou (left) and Chase 'Lil Huddy' Hudson (right) have been sued by their former Weidlake Drive landlord for leaving more than $300,000 of damages at the mansion and about getting jail time for illegally setting off fireworks in a fire zone
Fitzgerald says he's only received a fourth of the payment for the $10million home (pictured) from Petrou and his girlfriend Mia Hayward. He has also settled with two of the members, but couldn't recall who as he was on a ski trip. Those members have agreed to pay their share. As for the other members: 'I don't think they have any money,' Fitzgerald told DailyMail.com
Fitzgerald sued Petrou, Hudson, Mia Hayward, Calvin Goldby, and Patrick Huston for breach of contract after they agreed to give him $10,000 a month for a 40-month period to pay for the damages after the group vacated their lease five months early.
The group has only been paying him $2,500 per month since January 2021.
He is asking for the $400,000 payment to be paid immediately in full and for the $10,000 in legal fees he's acquired because of them.
'All they had to do was pay $10,000 a month,' he told DailyMail.com. The group had been renting the property for around $40,000 a month, according to Fitzgerald.
So far, Fitzgerald has only received a fourth of the payment from Petrou for his and his girlfriend Mia Hayward's share. As for the other shares, he said Petrou 'refused' to pay it, despite being the ringleader and manager of the content group.
'They're the workers and he's the boss,' Fitzgerald told DailyMail.com. 'Thomas has all the money.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to Petrou for comment.
Fitzgerald said he has settled with two of the members, but couldn't recall who as he was on a ski trip. Those members have agreed to pay their share. As for the other members: 'I don't think they have any money,' Fitzgerald told DailyMail.com.
He said if he had taken it all the way through the court system, the group would have more than likely owed him 'millions.'
The group left the home for a new pad in Santa Rosa after Fitzgerald and the city council pressured them to leave, the landlord told DailyMail.com.
'They destroyed the place,' Fitzgerald said. 'They trash my house and make the neighbors mad.
'They said they would take care of it.'
The group posted a video of themselves setting off fireworks next to the pool, despite
