{"id":5864,"date":"2016-03-07T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/03\/07\/jury-awards-erin-andrews-55-million-in-lawsuit-over-nude-video\/"},"modified":"2016-03-07T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T23:03:00","slug":"jury-awards-erin-andrews-55-million-in-lawsuit-over-nude-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/jury-awards-erin-andrews-55-million-in-lawsuit-over-nude-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Awards Erin Andrews $55 Million In Lawsuit Over Nude Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Laura Wagner<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Fox Sportscaster Erin Andrews, who also hosts ABC’s Dancing with the Stars<\/em> (center), in court March 4. She sued a hotel after another guest secretly filmed her nude through a hotel door peephole. Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A jury awarded Fox sportscaster Erin Andrews $55 million Monday in a civil lawsuit she filed against a Nashville Marriott hotel after a stalker filmed her nude through her door’s peephole in 2008.<\/p>\n

The video was put online, where it was viewed millions of times, and Andrews sued the hotel and the stalker for $75 million for negligence, emotional distress and invasion of privacy.<\/p>\n

The man who recorded her, Michael Barrett, admitted stalking Andrews and was sentenced to 2 1\/2 years in prison. He confessed that he arranged with the hotel to stay in the room next to hers and altered the peephole in order to record her nude.<\/p>\n

The defense team argued that Andrews’ career had improved because of the video. The Chicago Tribune writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“The defense team’s flawed premise in this case is basically that women in sports broadcasting are commonly sexualized, so of course Andrews would benefit from being exposed like this.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Andrews, meanwhile, countered that the video could make a mockery of her career. She testified in court<\/a>, saying tearfully that the incident has negatively impacted her life.<\/p>\n

“I feel so ashamed,” she said in her testimony. “This happens every day of my life. Either I get a tweet, or somebody makes a comment in the paper, or somebody sends me a still of the video to my Twitter, or somebody screams it at me in the stands. And I’m right back to this.”<\/p>\n

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Fox Sportscaster Erin Andrews, who also hosts ABC’s Dancing with the Stars<\/em> (center), in court March 4. She sued a hotel after another guest secretly filmed her nude through a hotel door peephole. Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A jury awarded Fox sportscaster Erin Andrews $55 million Monday in a civil lawsuit she filed against a Nashville Marriott hotel after a stalker filmed her nude through her door’s peephole in 2008.<\/p>\n

The video was put online, where it was viewed millions of times, and Andrews sued the hotel and the stalker for $75 million for negligence, emotional distress and invasion of privacy.<\/p>\n

The man who recorded her, Michael Barrett, admitted stalking Andrews and was sentenced to 2 1\/2 years in prison. He confessed that he arranged with the hotel to stay in the room next to hers and altered the peephole in order to record her nude.<\/p>\n

The defense team argued that Andrews’ career had improved because of the video. The Chicago Tribune writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“The defense team’s flawed premise in this case is basically that women in sports broadcasting are commonly sexualized, so of course Andrews would benefit from being exposed like this.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Andrews, meanwhile, countered that the video could make a mockery of her career. She testified in court<\/a>, saying tearfully that the incident has negatively impacted her life.<\/p>\n

“I feel so ashamed,” she said in her testimony. “This happens every day of my life. Either I get a tweet, or somebody makes a comment in the paper, or somebody sends me a still of the video to my Twitter, or somebody screams it at me in the stands. And I’m right back to this.”<\/p>\n

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