I believe that you don't pay for something you took from someone else's house where you were just a tenant if you thought it was yours in the first place.  

I believe that you don't return something you took from someone else's house where you were just a tenant if you thought it was yours in the first place.

You are implying that it was all just a big mistake by some unknown 'staffers' rather than intentional acts with nothing to even suggest that idea except for your desire for it to be so.

  That's 'spin'.