Sportscaster
Erin Andrews won a $55 million judgment against a stalker and the owner
of a Nashville hotel. The stalker filmed Andrews by removing door
peepholes and aiming a cell phone camera into her room and recorded
secret nude videos of her and posted on the internet.
Andrews took the stand, tearfully describing the humiliation of knowing millions of people had watched the footage and of being harassed online and in public.
The hotel's owner, West End Hotel Partners argued that the stalker alone was responsible for the crimes. Also argued that Andrews' continued professional success.
The jury accepted Andrews's contention that the whole incident wouldn't have happened had the hotel staff not been careless in:
(1) telling [the stalker] that Andrews was a guest at that hotel;
(2) disclosing her room number; and
(3) granting Barrett's request to be placed in a room next to hers.
This is serious business. The hotel should respected her privacy. Just a thought.
Andrews took the stand, tearfully describing the humiliation of knowing millions of people had watched the footage and of being harassed online and in public.
The hotel's owner, West End Hotel Partners argued that the stalker alone was responsible for the crimes. Also argued that Andrews' continued professional success.
The jury accepted Andrews's contention that the whole incident wouldn't have happened had the hotel staff not been careless in:
(1) telling [the stalker] that Andrews was a guest at that hotel;
(2) disclosing her room number; and
(3) granting Barrett's request to be placed in a room next to hers.
This is serious business. The hotel should respected her privacy. Just a thought.
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