Posted on 03/07/2016 3:27:31 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
A jury awarded $55 million to Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews in her lawsuit against a Nashville Marriott hotel on Monday.
Andrews sued the hotel alleging it acted negligently when allowing a man who was stalking her to book the room next to hers and surreptitiously film nude videos of her in 2008 while she worked for ESPN. The stalker, Michael David Barrett, posted the videos online and pleaded guilty to stalking charges, for which he was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
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Once they gave the dude her hotel number they were liable for anything.
I worked in luxury hotels for 30 years. You NEVER give out anyone’s room number.
The hotel gave him a room beside hers at his request.
Heck me too!
He used the room door's peephole to film her coming out of the bathroom nude from presumably showering/bathing. Must have repeatedly gone back to the door and put the device to the peephole trying to catch something.
Pics of Helen Thomas and Susan Estrich in 3-2-1 . . .
Double the dose of eye bleach required for Huma/Hillary.
beg to differ but even though the video was grainy the subject was very impressive and it only helped her career
Thru the modified peephole with his cell phone.
How dare she walk around nude in a private roo. After taking a shower. How terrible.
I’ve been in hotels all over the world.
You are correct...they NEVER even verbally say your room number.
They always write it down, close the key container, then hand it to you.
And big corporations wouldn’t give a crap if there wasn’t a big judgement.
Here’s some details....
http://www.9news.com/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/inside-the-erin-andrews-trial-7-most-revealing-things-we-learned/72433572
Excellent eye bleach!
Over the years we even started screening calls. You could go to the hotel phone and ask to “be connected to Mr. So and So’s room” and we’d just connect.
Over time we started to ask “may I ask who is calling?” and then rang the room ourselves to seek permission from the customer.
Well I haven’t actually got her to agree to it yet, but I am working on it.
My hunch is that the jury bought the quantity argument. Expert testimony said that at least 17 million had watched the video and at any given time, 15 people are still watching it somewhere online.
Thanks for the info.
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