Woman allegedly raped at New York Airbnb received secret $7m settlement – report

Airbnb taskforce that cleans up only after disaster strikes' intervened after alleged attack, reports Bloomberg Businessweek

An Australian woman who was allegedly raped at knifepoint in an Airbnb apartment in New York received a secret settlement of $7m which included restrictions on what she could say about the incident, according to a media investigation into the vacation listings giant's guest safety" policies .

The 29-year-old was attacked in a property near the tourist magnet and central Manhattan crossroads of Times Square early on New Year's Day in 2016, Bloomberg Businessweek reported, prompting the swift intervention of a dedicated Airbnb crisis management taskforce".