Airbnb Guests Defaced The Property, Filmed Themselves Doing So And Are Profiting From It On Youtube.

I'll try and keep this as brief as possible. I have several Airbnb rentals located in what can briefly been described as an artists' compound, where we regularly host well-known/world-class artists and perfomers, and encourage them to create here. Until this point, all the Airbnb guests have been almost universally respectful and appreciative of the art and the grounds here in general. However, I just had the worst guests ever in the 5 years I've been doing this.

They were a group of skaters and street artists, who took it upon themselves to tag various walls and structures and objects all over my property, as well as a trailer on my neighbors property. They also saw fit to paint large pieces of "art" on the front of my refrigerator, as well as OVER an existing commissioned art piece from a much more well-known and valued artist on a wall outside and spray painting several sculptures. In addition to defacing the art, they also broke into an art installation, breaking down a wall and tearing down/stealing the components of it before tagging their name in there as well just so there was no mistaking who was responsible.

I filed a complaint with Airbnb, and despite the thousands of dollars in damage done, I intended to leave it at that because in general I believe in not involving police or criminal charges in instances not involving violent crime.

However, yesterday I stumbled upon their YouTube channel, where I learned that they weren't just a couple of skateboarders... they were here filming a video for their skateboard magazine, which has several hundred thousand subscribers. The video itself is monetized and nearing a million views. Of course, right there in the video, clear as can be, was footage of them defacing the artwork on my property.

The fact that they are not just some broke skater kids, and are in fact profiting from vandalizing my property as part of their seemingly-successful business model (including their website which seems to be selling quite a bit of merch, and I assume a print magazine) has motivated me to seek some sort of compensation, and I'm wondering if it is possible or advisable to file in small claims court without filing criminal charges?

Thoughts? Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I've brought cases to small claims court before, but they were just over accidentally damaged rentals with signed contracts and bills that went unpaid, not willful destruction like this, and I'm unsure if that's the right avenue to take this time. Thanks so much.