Footage of the blonde “leaked” online, but unlike the complex iCloud breaches nowadays, the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked down Barrett fairly easily.
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Secondly, not only they confirmed for him that she was there, but they told him her room number and even made sure they gave in to his request of providing her with the room next to hers. The peeper, Michael David Barrett, was eventually charged and convicted of felony stalking after an Federal Bureau of Investigation probe, at which point he was given a 30-month prison sentence.
Andrews filed the amended complaint Tuesday after Judge Hamilton Gayden granted the defense’s motion seeking a specific damages amount.
Erin Andrews filed a complaint against a Nashville Marriott following the conviction of a man who filmed the Fox Sports reporter through a front door peephole.
Barrett manipulated the peephole so that he could film Andrews undressing and doing other activities while naked. First off, staff disclosed to Barrett that she was staying at the hotel, which would have never happened.
According to The Smoking Gun, the trial is expected to begin in February and take 10 days. This includes “severe and permanent emotional distress, embarrassment, past and future medical expenses, and has incurred expenses and damages relating to the unauthorized use of her image and likeness”.
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In December 2011, Andrews filed a lawsuit against Marriott worldwide and also named Barrett as a defendant. According to The Smoking Gun, former ESPN colleagues Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who was Andrews partner on “DWTS” in 2010, are set to be witnesses.
