Teen Files Lawsuit Against Arroyo Grande Gym For Illegal Videotaping Incident

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (KEYT) – A San Luis Obispo County teen has filed a lawsuit against a Arroyo Grande Planet Fitness claiming the gym location failed to prevent the secret recording of herself and nearly 50 other female members.

Just earlier this month, Arroyo Grande released an advisory to the public regarding a man secretly recording partially or completely nude women inside the Planet Fitness. The suspect was caught and arrested in December 2025, and evidence found determined the man had committed this crime numerous times over the course of the past year.

Today, a lawsuit was filed by attorneys of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP and Binder Law Group, PLC on behalf of an eighteen-year-old from San Luis Obispo county claiming to be a victim of the recent peeping incident. The lawsuit claims that on December 29, 2025, the teen was using a standing tanning booth at the gym when a male member pushed his cell phone through a crack in the door and took video of her without her knowledge.

Investigators believe there to be approximately 47 victims spanning from January to December of 2025 – many of which have still not been identified. The lawsuit claims the suspect gathered over 50 videos of victims, all in different states of undress.

“Fitness facilities like Planet Fitness have a legal and ethical obligation to protect their members from illegal, non-consensual videotaping and photography of their intimate body parts. Here, Planet Fitness failed in that duty, allowing a perpetrator to secretly record nearly 50 undressed women over a period of less than 12 months — at a single location,” said Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP attorney Randy Renick.

Attorneys claims employees from the Arroyo Grande location were present during the unconcensual recordings on multiple incidents, witnessing the crime and yet failing to intervene despite the gym's explicit policy against recording in tanning rooms.

“I feel betrayed by Planet Fitness and its indifference towards its female members. I am horrified that so many women had to be harmed before this person was stopped,” said the victim.

Any female members of Planet Fitness located at 1576 W. Branch St. in Arroyo Grande is encouraged to contact Officer Brandon Earnest at (805) 473-5110 EXT 7021 or via email at bearnest@arroyogrande.org.

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