Erin Andrews wept in court
A popular sports presenter has been left depressed after her n*ked
video was sent to a porn site and watched by over 17 million people.
The woman who is a US sports personality was left distraught after
she was told that a n*ked video of her which was taken by a stalker
through the peephole of her hotel room had gone viral.
She vomited while watching the tape when the FBI flew her to Los
Angeles to make sure the clip wasn't part of a publicity stunt. The tape
was leaked onto the internet and went viral - including popping up on
many pornographic websites.
Erin Andrews, an American Football presenter for Fox, is now suing
Marriott International for $75million after she was secretly filmed in a
Tennessee hotel room in 2008. The huge number of people thought to have
watched the film is described as a "conservative” estimate, a computer
expert said in court.
Penn State Professor Bernard Jansen said: “Every minute, 1.5 people are watching that video.
“Right now, someone is watching that video."
Erin American Football presenter for Fox
He spoke to the jury in a jurors in Nashville court just before
they were shown seven clips of the 4-and-a-half minute video that
stalker Michael David Barrett took.
Ms Andrews, 37, wept as Jansen described the various adult websites
the video appeared on, reports Page Six. She left the civil hearing
with tears in her eyes before the footage was played. A female juror
turned her head away from screen at points during the showing.
Ms Andrews was staying at the Nashville Marriot when Barrett
created the peephole, allowing him to take the intrusive footage. She
only found out about the video in 2009 and after watching a few seconds,
she called her father and said: "Dad, I’m naked all over the internet," reports the Daily Mail.
Barrett spent 30 months in federal prison for the offence after
admitting to filming three videos of Andrews and posting them online.
The video was recorded by a pervert identified as Michael David Barrett
After the video, Ms Andrews said she had been nicknamed "One-Click Erin" because if someone saw her name, they would make one click looking for the video, according to her therapist.
Ms Andrews’ lawyers allege the Marriott hotel was negligent by
letting Barrett request a room next door to Andrews without asking her
permission and demands compensation.
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