Actor-Comedian Sues Amazon Fresh for Wrongful Conduct of Its Delivery Driver

Actor-comedian Deon Cole continues to suffer “severe and prolonged emotional distress” after he caught an Amazon Fresh delivery driver taking photos inside his Los Angeles home from his front doorstep and sharing the photos in a group chat, alleged Cole’s negligence and privacy complaint March 28 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, removed Friday (docket 2:24-cv-03709) to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. Cole was caught off guard when he went to retrieve his ID at the driver’s request, said the complaint. When Cole complained to Amazon about the driver’s behavior, he was told that photos are taken only when packages are left unattended and are only meant to capture the placement of the package, it said. Amazon also told him that photos are never sent to an individual person within the company but are uploaded to an app to notify customers of the location of their packages after delivery when left unattended, it said. The incident, in conjunction with Amazon’s response, has left Cole “troubled and in constant distress” over his safety in the privacy of his home, it said. The plaintiff’s level of distress was heightened “because of his well-known celebrity status as an actor and comedian,” said the complaint. Cole had a “reasonable fear” of being targeted in a future home invasion, it said. The complaint alleges that Amazon “failed to conduct any criminal background check” on the driver who delivered groceries to his home, it said.