'In reality, these places are used as party houses,' Scolaro said. In the suit, the family holds Airbnb responsible, citing several instances of drugs left behind by guests at properties across the U.S. The family believes the fentanyl residue was in the house when the Lavenirs arrived.Ī report from a Palm Beach County sheriff's detective states the man whose name was on the rental said, 'The group (at the house) used cocaine in the residence.' 'It's one of the most hurtful, awful things that I've ever come across.' 'Their baby girl was killed as a result of ingesting fentanyl at an Airbnb,' Thomas Scolaro, the Lavenir family attorney, said. SEE MORE: How a survivor is now helping battle the opioid epidemic Minutes later, at a nearby hospital, Enora was pronounced dead. When she woke up after more than an hour, Lavenir checked in on her daughter and found her 'blue in the face,' and not breathing. On the second day of the vacation, according to the detective's report, Enora's mother, Lydie Lavenir, took a nap. Lavenir was the youngest of five children on a family vacation in the summer of 2021 at the short-term rental home. The family of a toddler who died after staying at a short-term rental house in Wellington, Florida, claims Airbnb is responsible.Īfter her death a year and a half ago, an autopsy found fentanyl in 19-month-old Enora Lavenir's system.Īccording to the lawsuit filed by the mother of the toddler who died, Airbnb failed to sanitize the Wellington property, where the family says their child came in contact with a deadly drug.

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