Ken Odem, 36, and his partner sought peace of mind last month when they moved into their 40th-floor apartment in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, eager to enjoy the building’s spa, wellness center and general sense of calm.

Instead, Odem said, they “ended up across the street from chaos.”

Seattle police did not shut down a penthouse party featuring a performance by celebrity DJ Paris Hilton on Thursday night that Odem said rattled apartments up to a mile away and kept neighbors awake with blasting bass and strobe lights. Social media users said they heard sounds from the party from Queen Anne.

“It’s unacceptable that Seattle police did not respond at all, and that someone could be so disrespectful to their community, their neighbors, the tenants in the building,” Odem said Frida

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