Andy Bachman Says the Encino ‘OnlyFans Mansion’ Fight Is Really About the Creator Economy

Andy Bachman has done more than a billion dollars in sales, launched a music venture with a Grammy-winning producer, and built one of the fastest-growing companies in the creator economy. Lately, though, the loudest conversation about him has nothing to do with any of that. It’s about his house.

For weeks, neighbors in Encino have voiced concerns about the residence Bachman owns and lives in, arguing that it functions more like a content-production hub than a traditional home. The debate has generated headlines and plenty of speculation, much of it centered around creators who use platforms like OnlyFans.

Bachman believes the conversation has lost the plot. To him, the outrage is aimed at a label, not the reality of what he does.

“People hear OnlyFans and stop listening,” the Creators Inc. founder said. “What they’re missing is the difference between a stereotype and an actual creator business, one that works with athletes, musicians and comedians. I don’t blame my neighbors for not knowing that world. I just wi sh they’d ask before they assume.”

For the uninitiated, OnlyFans has grown well past its early reputation. Olympic athletes have turned to the platform to help fund training their federations won’t, often sharing little more than training clips, race footage and recovery updates. Plenty of creators use it the way others use Instagram or TikTok, selling fitness plans, recipes and music directly to subscribers. None of which has much to do with the day-to-day at Bachman’s place anyway, where the work skews toward brand deals, management and his podcast — the kind of content creation millions of people now do from their living rooms.

That podcast alone has hosted WBC champion Ryan Garcia, UFC veteran Chael Sonnen and reality-star-turned-candidate Spencer Pratt, while the broader Creators Inc. roster has drawn names from Offset to Blac Chyna. Those names don’t exactly fit the narrow box the neighbors keep putting him in.

Part of the disconnect, Bachman argues, comes from how fast people jump from seeing creators to assuming adult content. Several neighbors interviewed by local outlets pointed to women in bikinis around the property as proof that something inappropriate was going on. He doesn’t see the connection.

“A bikini isn’t evidence of adult content,” the Babson grad said. “It’s Southern California.”

The setting is worth noting too. Encino has been a Hollywood backdrop for decades, the kind of neighborhood where Selena Gomez bought Tom Petty’s old estate and put up twenty-foot hedges to keep photographers out. Nick Jonas, Michael B. Jordan, and the Jackson family have all called it home. Cameras and famous faces are a normal part of life there, which makes the real question less about whether content gets made and more about whether anything at Bachman’s place crosses a line.

So far, the people who would know have come up empty. Neighbors have spent months pressing the city to investigate, and the most serious claims, from used condoms to concealed weapons, have been made anonymously.

“I’ve gone out of my way to be a good neighbor, and I’d like to keep it that way,” Bachman said. “But there’s a difference between a real concern and a rumor someone won’t put their name to. The city reviewed the claims and found nothing. I’m hoping we never have to take it further than that.”

That restraint has cost him. Production companies have come calling for a while now, a major network among them, looking to build a show around his world. Bachman has passed every time, he says, out of respect for the neighbors he insists he still likes.

“I’m not interested in embarrassing anyone,” he explained. “But I think we’ve got our worries backwards. A reckless driver flying down a residential street is a real danger. A woman in a bikini by a pool is not.”

For all the noise, Bachman insists he isn’t going anywhere. “I love this community,” he added. “I’d just ask people to learn what this really is before deciding it’s a threat. The creator economy isn’t slowing down for anybody.”