Kentucky Castle Guests File Class Action Over Alleged Hidden Recordings Tied to Former CEO of Hotel’s Parent Company

VERSAILLES, KY — A couple who stayed at The Kentucky Castle to celebrate their engagement has filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury hotel’s owners and former TKC Distilling Co. CEO Wesley Henderson, alleging the companies failed to protect guests from hidden recording devices and failed to warn them for more than a year after cameras tied to Henderson were first discovered.

The suit, filed in Woodford Circuit Court by Thomas Law Offices, seeks to represent everyone who paid for a room at the Versailles hotel between June 1, 2025, and October 2, 2026.

Plaintiffs Brandi and Shawn Cupp stayed at The Kentucky Castle on November 28 and 29, 2025, where they had engagement photographs taken and dined at the hotel both nights. According to the complaint, they first learned of the allegations on October 3, 2026, when a friend texted them a link to a Lexington Herald-Leader article published the day before.

That article described a sealed lawsuit filed in June 2026 by members of Henderson’s family, which reportedly alleges that SD cards recovered from hidden cameras captured sexual activity at The Kentucky Castle. According to the complaint, family members first discovered hidden cameras at a Melbourne, Florida, vacation home owned by Henderson in June 2025, and additional cameras were later found at his Oldham County residence.

Public reports cited in the complaint state that approximately 40 people appear in the recordings, which allegedly include people changing clothes, using bathrooms and engaging in sexual acts.

The complaint alleges that from June 2025 until the October 2026 news reports, the defendants took no steps to search The Kentucky Castle for hidden cameras or to notify guests, even though family members who discovered the cameras were, and remain, officers, employees or agents of the companies that own and operate the hotel.

TKC Distilling Co. announced Henderson’s termination as CEO on October 3, 2026. The company later said through counsel that a private investigative firm had swept the property and found no recording devices. According to the complaint, the company has not disclosed when the sweep took place, which areas were examined, whether guest rooms were included, or whether investigators found signs that devices had previously been installed and removed.

“Brandi and Shawn came to The Kentucky Castle to celebrate one of the happiest moments of their lives, and now they are left wondering whether that weekend was secretly recorded,” said Tad Thomas, founder and managing partner of Thomas Law Offices. “The people running this hotel had reason to know something was wrong as early as June 2025. For sixteen months, guests kept checking in and no one told them a thing. Every one of those guests deserved a warning, and they still deserve answers.”

“When you check into a hotel room, you are trusting the owner with your most private moments,” said Ron Parry, attorney at Thomas Law Offices. “Kentucky law requires a hotel to keep its guests reasonably safe and to warn them about hidden dangers they cannot see for themselves. A concealed camera is exactly that kind of danger. This case asks the companies behind The Kentucky Castle to account for what they knew, when they knew it, and why their guests were kept in the dark.”

The lawsuit brings claims of negligence, premises liability and vicarious liability against TKC Distilling Co LLC, which does business as The Kentucky Castle, and TKC Hospitality Group LLC, along with an invasion of privacy claim against Henderson and a fraudulent concealment claim against all defendants.

It asks the court to certify the class and award restitution, damages and equitable relief, and it requests a jury trial.

Guests who stayed at The Kentucky Castle between June 2025 and October 2026 and have questions about the lawsuit may contact Thomas Law Offices at (502) 473-6540.

The case is Brandi Cupp and Shawn Cupp v. TKC Distilling Co LLC d/b/a The Kentucky Castle, et al., Case No. 26-CI-00377, filed in Woodford Circuit Court, Commonwealth of Kentucky. The plaintiffs and proposed class are represented by Tad Thomas, Ron Parry and Cameryn Gonnella of Thomas Law Offices.