A jury has awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit stemming from nude videos secretly taken by Michael Barrett, an insurance executive from suburban Chicago.
There were at least three known instances of Barrett secretly recording Andrews through peepholes bored in hotel walls after he made arrangements to occupy rooms next to Andrews. According to the Huffington Post, there may have been as many as 16 victims to Barrett's deviant secret videos.
In 2011, Barrett was sentenced to 2½ years in prison. At that time, Andrews had expressed displeasure with the sentence but had also indicated that she had no intention of filing a civil lawsuit. Apparently something changed, as a lawsuit against Barrett and Marriott ensued, asking for $75 million. Marriott International was dismissed from the case after establishing that it was not legally responsible.
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