A shocking viral video out of Aurora, Colorado is igniting national outrage after it appeared to show a white landlord faking distress in an attempt to implicate her Black tenant during a heated eviction-related confrontation.
The video, shared widely across social media, features Vontese Wines, a Black tenant who had been renting a townhome on South Hannibal Street since November 2024.
In the footage, her landlord, Lisa Anderson — who also goes by Elizaveta Anderson — is seen dramatically collapsing to the floor and crying out as if she’s being attacked. But just seconds earlier, the camera shows Wines standing calmly, undermining Anderson’s apparent distress.
“Oh my gosh, she’s hurting me!” Anderson shouts in the video — with no physical contact visible.
Wines told local reporters the confrontation began after repeated early rent demands from Anderson, who she says pressured her for payment before the lease’s stated due date — the 1st of each month.
According to the lease, a $110 late fee would only be triggered after noon on the due date. However, Wines said Anderson frequently texted her days in advance, demanding early payment and threatening eviction.
On March 1st, Wines said things escalated when Anderson arrived at the property — before the noon deadline — to serve an eviction notice and allegedly began drilling into the front door to change the locks.
“I kind of thought she was just trying to intimidate me… but then I heard drilling at the front door,” Wines said, describing her shock at what she called an illegal attempt to remove her from the home.
According to Colorado landlord-tenant attorney Stephen Flaxman, state law prohibits charging late fees before the 7th calendar day of the month. Lock changes or eviction actions without court approval are also illegal.
“This is probably a textbook case of wrongful removal or improper eviction,” Flaxman told reporters.
In the video, Anderson is seen entering the home uninvited, walking directly into the dining room before the dramatic collapse. Wines says she suffered an anxiety attack during the confrontation, which was captured just before Anderson’s fall.
Shortly after the incident, Wines and her family decided to move out.
“I feel a lot more safe over here,” she said. “But now that I’ve talked to other tenants and we all have this in common, it’s not fair that she keeps doing this to people.”
Anderson declined an interview when contacted by reporters.
Social media users have called for further investigation, with many pointing to the troubling racial dynamics and power imbalance between landlords and tenants — especially Black tenants.
The footage has since become a flashpoint in larger conversations about gentrification, tenant abuse, and systemic bias in housing.
“She was trying to weaponize her whiteness against a Black tenant. That’s dangerous.” — Commenter on X (formerly Twitter)
As Wines begins settling into a new space, her experience is a reminder of the vulnerability Black tenants can face.
