No one knows how little Enora got hold of the synthetic opioid, which has besieged the nation’s drug supply and is so potent that a small amount can kill. Investigators weren’t able to find any evidence of the fentanyl anywhere else in the vacation rental.
“Enora’s dead,” Lydie screamed, her voice carrying through the four-bedroom, two-bath lake house in Wellington, Fla., that the family had rented in August 2021. Enora’s face was blue, and there was a white foam seeping from her lips. The family scrambled to call 911. It was too late.
One legal expert says the lawsuit against Airbnb is unlikely to make it to trial given the challenge of determining its source. “They can prove that the child died from fentanyl exposure, but where that fentanyl comes from, linking it to this particular group, that just sounds monstrously difficult under these circumstances,” said Lars Noah, a law professor at the University of Florida.
Airbnb has not yet filed a response in court. In a statement to The Post, the company said: “Our hearts go out to the Lavenir family and their loved ones for their devastating loss.” Law enforcement agencies have echoed false tales that fentanyl can cause overdoses by mere touch and has infiltrated Halloween candy, but the sensationalized stories should not shape the nation’s drug policy, said Keith Humphreys, who served as a drug policy adviser in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations.
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