Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon has been accused of throwing things at construction workers and tracking a man who was hired to do home renovations at his Midwest property amid an ongoing lawsuit.
According to a court filing obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, March 17, Brendon, 54, is suing his former contractor Stephen Britton for more than $120,000, claiming Britton left work unfinished on his Ohio home.
Britton, however, allegedly terminated their contract and claimed in a December 2025 filing that he and his employees “were subjected to harassment by [Brendon] swearing at them and throwing objects.”
The contractor allegedly “became worried for his safety and his workers’ safety,” testifying that Brendon placed an Airtag in his work bag to track him.
“I’ve never had this happen to me before, and it was alerted for probably three days prior that my iPhone picked it up,” Britton alleged, claiming that his “privacy was infringed” when the tracker was put in his tool bag.
In court paperwork filed last December from a final hearing for a civil stalking protection order filed by Britton (which was dismissed by a judge), Brendon admitted to putting the tag in Britton’s tool bag after he found it on the floor of his garage in the construction area but denied knowing what it was for or that it could be used to track movement.
He also denied that he was trying to stalk or harass Britton, who he considered a friend. “I put it in Steve’s bag ’cause it was close to his bag. When [my assistant] first got [them] like, eight months ago, I’ve never used it, so, no, I had no clue what it was,” Brendon alleged.
Britton, meanwhile, maintained that he and his employees were “afraid to work at Nicholas’ house,” adding there were “axes laying out, weapons.”
“I feared, immensely for my life,” Britton further alleged. “To be able to go there and work, to be able to get a job done, to worry about weapons and axes that are going to get — you know, am I going to get a plate thrown at me? Am I going to get physically assaulted? I was fearful, but then when a tracking device is put on my person, that’s not acceptable.”
Brendon denied in court docs that there was any intimidation on his part, claiming, “I don’t threaten people.”
Brendon’s lawyer also addressed the court about the claims and pointed to his client’s disabilities: “He’s a very calm, relaxed, individual with lots of physical problems and is not threatening in any way shape or form.”
The contractor’s allegations, however, didn’t stop there. Britton claimed that someone at Brendon’s house “was sleeping at the most random times that I found in our work area.“
Britton alleged in the court filing that the actor’s assistant was “sleeping in the garage on the floor in the middle of the day” all of which “made it unsafe to be able to work there.”
Brendon’s assistant, Theresa Fortier — whom he identifies as a close friend who has helped him with his “myriad health problems which have rendered him ‘invalid’ as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act”— admitted in the court filing that she fell asleep in the garage, but claimed, “There were no workers” around when she got some shuteye.
“I just needed some quiet cause there was just activity everywhere and there was this peaceful corner where I could get away and nobody could come and ask me questions,” the assistant claimed in the docs. “And I didn’t have to listen to what was going on and I could just get some peaceful sleep for a little bit and avoid everybody.”
The actor explained in a court filing that a past spinal injury and heart attack led him to purchase the Ohio home where he planned to tend to all of his medical needs.
Brendon alleged that he paid $79,441 to his contractor, but only the house’s fence installation — accounting for $7,622 — has been completed.
Brendon claimed that Britton was “enriched” by $67,269 and that he allegedly loaned Britton $20,000 in 2025, which the contractor has not paid back.
Now, Brendon is asking for a judgment of $121,260 with interest for breach of their agreements and payback on a loan.
Britton denied the allegations, claiming in court docs, “There was no breaches of contract. I didn’t do this to get out of avoiding to pay any money. I felt trapped at Nicholas’s house.”
Us Weekly has reached out to a representative of Brendon’s for comment.
