Well, well, well...
Another misrepresentation by the illustrious IE?
The letter from the hotel says the room still smells like bleach (4 months later).
Pandemic, pool closed, how many people rented that room after Barry?
MY takeaway -- the room still smells like bleach
not because it was a naturally bleachy room,
not because it was located near a likely empty pool, but precisely because BarryM overchlorinated it.
That suggests industrial grade chlorine. The kind you might purchase for a spa or hot tub... quick scan of the internets says that the scent of chlorine can last days to weeks. Closed room, little circulation -- not impossible that room could still be bleachery for a very, very long time.
Won't make ir break the case but it remains an interesting detail...
Perhaps the most telling detail of all -- when speaking with the Ritters, is not what he said but what he didn't say.
What he didn't say: I'm up in Broomfield, chilling at the hotel, where I've been most of the day, trying to bleach the hell out of things....
That's a truth he didn't want to tell.
JMO