Am I responsible?

Need a bit of advice here. In my apartment complex there is a shared swimming pool. One of the other tenants invited a guest over to go swimming and this guest left his phone near the swimming pool wrapped in a towel. My pet knocked the phone in the swimming pool and it now has water damage. He is demanding that I buy him a new phone (or he will accept my girlfriends phone as a replacement this will never happen for privacy concerns). He is being quite rude to my girlfriend and I am no pleased with this attitude.

He is also saying that the phone does work but he does not want the phone because it "potentially" has water damage.

What do you think? Do I share some responsibility in the potentially damaged phone? Should I repay it all (13k pesos)? Is this guy solely responsible for his phone since he placed it so close to the pool? Is there shared blame (should I fork out half for a replacement)? Or is the person that invited him over responsible for replacing the phone and should work out a deal with him?

I have an opinion on what should be done and who is responsible but I will withhold it until I get some feedback.

 

Not a chance, was it your girlfriends fault?

 

She didn't knock the phone in the pool, the pet is not hers and she is not even on the lease. It is absolutely in no way her fault. I find the request for her phone as a replacement absolutely ridiculous. That will never happen.

 

The first two rules are:
1. All persons using the pool do so at their own risk. The owner's are not responsible for accidents or injuries.
2. Pool is for private use only, guests must have permission.

 

The gf is telling me that he is being a complete asshat and being unnecessarily disrespectful to her. I have no reason to doubt what she is saying. This is completely unacceptable and nothing short of this kuripot making a complete 180 in his attitude and making an apology to my gf will get this issue resolved in any way that is favorable for him. He is screwing himself by not acting like a civilized and rational person. I have posted this elsewhere in hopes that the tenant who invited him over will read this and talk to his friend. If he wants to have any hope of me replacing the phone he needs to drop the p*ss poor attitude right now.

I pick my battles.....13k pesos over a damaged phone where the responsibility falls into the grey area is not one I will fight. I would have gotten the guy a replacement. 13k pesos over a damaged phone where the responsibility falls into the grey area + disrespecting my girlfriend = better slap that body armor and check your battle load because you better believe I'm ready to fight that battle. This dipshit kuripot better fix his attitude.