A Tennessee jury has awarded sports reporter Erin Andrews $55 million in an invasion of privacy lawsuit. Andrews sued after peeping tom video footage of her in a Nashville hotel surfaced online in 2009. Andrews’ stalker videotaped her nude through a peephole from the hotel room next to Andrews’ room. She filed suit against the operator, a Nashville-based Marriott hotel, and Michael David Barrett of Oregon, the man who modified her hotel room’s peephole to record video of her.
The$55 million will be split between Barrett, the hotel’s management company, and the hotel’s owner. Andrews initially filed her case in 2010. She originally sued the Marriott hotel’s parent company, but the company was dismissed after the judge ruled the corporation was not responsible for the Nashville franchise location’s security.
Barrett had attempted to sell the video to the online gossip website TMZ, but was rebuffed. He subsequently posted the recording online. According to Andrews’ attorneys, hotel staff had violated Andrews’ privacy and told Barrett where she was staying so he could book a room next to hers.
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