CHICAGO — Georgia Litle and her husband, Clint Litle, huddled in the bathroom of their lavish condo at Trump Tower and turned on the shower.

They hoped the running water would drown out their “highly personal and sexual” conversation last May after a neighbor complained about the noise. But what happened next crossed the line, the couple alleged.

A neighbor allegedly recorded the intimate exchange and shared it with building employees, who then passed it on to other residents, according to a federal lawsuit filed last month against Tower employees, the 401 North Wabash Avenue condo association and Trump Chicago Residential Manager LLC.

“I felt very violated, very uncomfortable,” Georgia Litle, 36, said. “I started to feel panicked by that interaction in some respects.”

The Litles detailed in the complaint and in an interview with the Tribune how their frisky escapades, appearance and young children seemed to increasingly agitate residents and staff. The saga, which the suit claimed amounted to a “continuous pattern of intimidation and harassment,” escalated to multiple police visits and the couple fleeing the skyscraper this year.

“This was just a total nightmare for me,” Georgia Litle said. “Worst nightmare I could have.”

The Tower manager, assistant Tower manager, the couple the Litles leased their condo from and representatives from the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for an interview. An attorney for the condo association said they have not been “authorized” to speak to the media.

However, in a February letter in which the association’s attorney requested that the couple’s lease be terminated, they alleged that their “noxious and offensive activities” created an “unsafe condition and unreasonable nuisance.”

‘Degraded’

Originally from Oklahoma, the couple started staying in the hotel portion of Trump Tower while traveling for Clint Litle’s job in oil and gas. They said they enjoyed it and found themselves visiting the city more and more once they got married.

Georgia Litle, in particular, said she craved living in a larger city. New York City and Washington, D.C., weren’t a good fit for Clint Litle, who had lived in Oklahoma his entire life. But they both fell in love with Chicago and signed a lease for a Trump Tower condo in 2024. Clint Litle, 45, even got a White Sox tattoo, she said.

The prominent downtown building that bears the letters “TRUMP” has around 350 guest rooms, according to the Tower’s website. The residential condos, meanwhile, which range in size from studios to five-bedroom penthouses, are on the 29th to 89th floors. The building has previously been the subject of lawsuits alleging its cooling system killed fish in the Chicago River, ultimately agreeing to pay $4.8 million to settle, and in March, the ex-director of the condo board accused owners and managers of fraud in a federal suit.

For months, Georgia Litle said things went smoothly in the condo. The facilities were beautiful and the staff were helpful, she said. But she said she felt like some residents weren’t happy to be around small children. Her kids are now 2 and 1, she said.

In emails shared with the Tribune, Clint Litle also complained to Tower management about disparaging comments allegedly made about his wife’s appearance, including about her makeup and hair extensions.

The May 2025 incident is when problems truly began to arise though, she said. Not only did she feel “degraded” by the “nonconsensual recording” — which the suit said the Litles repeatedly complained about to the condo association and residential manager — there was another complaint lodged about noise less than two weeks later.

The violation notice, which imposed a $250 fine for “disruption of building operations,” said a neighboring unit had reported “loud banging and screaming.” It also referenced the May complaint, saying that “while the initial investigation by security did not detect audible disturbances at the time, the neighbor later returned with a recording.”

“Our children were sleeping in the room so you can’t be too loud to keep a 1- and 2-year-old asleep,” Georgia Litle said.

Violations for trash, loud sex

The Litles had already signed a lease to rent another unit for $4,200 a month in Trump Tower through May 2026, the suit said. When they moved, a string of noise violations appeared to move with them.

Over the course of about three months, management imposed more than $3,700 in fines for “raised voices,” trash bags in the hallway and for loud sex, the suit said.

An email from the assistant Tower manager to the Litles said the incidents were confirmed “onsite through Security.” Georgia Litle, however, called the quantity of the violations “egregious” and said she and her husband are entitled to privacy in their home. They took particular issue with a $2,000 fine for trash, which they claim their housecleaner placed outside the door for less than an hour.

Clint Litle went so far to say it felt like Tower security were “patrolling” them, especially after they met with the condo association in December to discuss the fines. At this meeting, the condo board determined that if any future violation occurred, the owner had to terminate the Litles’ lease, according to a letter from the Tower manager.

Security would frequently walk the hallway of the couple’s unit and wait in the parking garage near their car, the lawsuit alleged.

“It seems very odd that on multiple occasions I’d be coming off the elevator and there’d be somebody there from security, or coming out the door there’d be somebody there from security,” Clint said. “If you’re walking by our unit, of course, you’re gonna hear us speaking.”

Calls to Chicago police

The contention at the Tower heightened even further at the start of this year — beginning with the Litles calling Chicago police in January because they felt “threatened” by an employee knocking on their door, the lawsuit alleges.

“I started to worry about where I was going to go with my children, you know, if (an eviction) was going to happen suddenly,” Georgia Litle said. “It was getting to the point where our 2-year-old would walk around the house and say ‘Shhh’ whenever we would speak.”

And in February, an employee called the Chicago Police Department after they heard Georgia Litle “yelling” in the bathroom, the suit said. It alleges she was having a panic attack after an employee again knocked on their door, and that she felt “intimidated” when the employee demanded to speak with her.

According to a police report, obtained via a records request, both Clint and Georgia Litle told officers that they had a verbal argument, but there was no physical altercation. The report said officers heard yelling when they walked up to the Litles’ condo and that a security guard was holding open the door.

The suit also accused staff of “falsely” claiming to authorities that the couple posed a threat to their children. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services determined that the report of suspected child abuse or neglect was “unfounded,” according to a March letter from the agency which the Litles shared.

“It was a very frightening situation … a very overwhelming experience,” Georgia Litle said. “My children mean everything to me. I put everything I have into them as a mother, it’s the most important role I have in my life. So to even have that question, I was just totally panicked.”

At this point, the couple said they desperately wanted to leave the building — and they weren’t left with much choice anyway. A February letter from an attorney for the condo association requested that the couple be evicted.

It cited the incidents in January and February as examples of “recent noxious and offensive activities.” It said Georgia Litle had yelled “Help me, help me” before the police were called in February, and that she had acted erratically the previous month, statements which the couple maintain are false.

The couple is seeking at least $8,400 from the owners of the condo, which is equivalent to two times their security deposit, plus damages for emotional distress, according to their attorney Alexander Hess.

The couple said they decided to speak out now because of how far the “harassment” escalated, and that they want to defend their children. They have been staying at a home in Wisconsin.

“We pour everything into our kids. Our children are always laughing, happy, running around,” Georgia Litle said. “These allegations are just so egregious and to put children in harm’s way like that is so incredibly disgusting, over the line for me. It’s just not tolerable behavior.”

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