Note to self: if you want to throw a little bash for some friends, don't dare post it on social media. It won't end well as the owners of an upscale Brampton, Ont. home discovered.
According to an article in the Sun, long before the party started, it was trending under the hashtag #MansionParty.
Fast forward to Friday night, and some 2,000 descended upon the home on Stanley Carberry Drive in the Peel region. Fortunately, thanks to Twitter, authorities were also aware of the party, and managed to shut it down—a feat that took time and the collaboration of no fewer than three police divisions. Partygoers were charged for assault and intoxication.
And as for the 5,000 square-foot mansion? Trashed. Some $70,000 in damages later, there is an expensive lesson to be gleaned.
“My daughter walked in, looked around and told her friends don’t go upstairs because the railing was all falling apart,” said Nancy Viveiros, whose 18-year-old daughter quickly decided to give the party a miss.
While the teenage boy had his parents' permission to host a gathering, I have a feeling #MansionParty was not quite what they had in mind.
Time to crack out the grounding manual! How many points will it take to get him off the hook, I wonder.
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