Erin Andrews Awarded $55M in Stalker Case - Page 26 - Sporting Events and Fantasy Sports

Definitely don't take this as an insult, but this post was very funny to me because it was one of those times that pop up every now and then to remind me that the whole "you can't understand unless you are in [whatever group, in this case females]" at least is based on some real cases even if it doesn't apply to a lot of people.

And/or nh, sir.

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12-17-2009 , 04:55 AM

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Although to 72off's point the "no such thing as bad publicity" is almost always true so who knows, the exposure could end up being beneficial.

Almost is the key word here...... just ask Tiger

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12-17-2009 , 05:58 AM

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It sure is **** isn't the same as getting "raped".

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12-17-2009 , 10:08 AM

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This, and I don't think the "Wow, she looks better than I thought." has gotten to her yet. I mean seriously, would you want to be the inner circle person who says "You know... everybody thought you looked great..."

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12-17-2009 , 12:46 PM

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This dude really is the epitome of a team player, and I thank him for that.

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12-18-2009 , 01:08 AM

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Can't someone who works at CSI or whatever enhance the ****ty video like they do on TV?

ONE TIME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9y...ayer_embedded#

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12-18-2009 , 03:13 AM

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Finally seen it. Meh. Uneventful. Nice body, but not that nice.

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12-18-2009 , 03:14 AM

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Eye rape.

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12-18-2009 , 03:20 AM

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Whoa. Link?

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12-18-2009 , 05:21 AM

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www.google.com

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03-15-2010 , 08:30 PM

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dude got the book thrown at him -

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LOS ANGELES – An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
Michael David Barrett pleaded guilty in December to interstate stalking after prosecutors accused him of following the reporter to at least three cities and shooting the videos through hotel peepholes.
Barrett, 48, of suburban Chicago, agreed to a 27-month prison sentence after pleading guilty. Andrews urged the judge at the hearing for a harsher sentence and said she fears for her life every time she enters a hotel.
"You violated me and you violated all women," Andrews told Barrett. "You are a sexual predator, a sexual deviant and they should lock you up."
Barrett admitted renting hotel rooms next to Andrews three times and shooting two videos of her while she was naked. He was accused of posting the videos online and trying to sell them to Los Angeles-based celebrity gossip site TMZ last year.
U.S. District Judge Manuel Real said he gave Barrett the maximum sentence under the law.
"The victim, Andrews, will be suffering with this problem for the rest of her life," Real said. "There is no life sentence that can be imposed upon him, except his own guilt."
Barrett cried as he addressed Andrews in court, saying he would spend the rest of his life regaining the respect of his friends and family and atoning for his mistakes.
"There are no words to tell Ms. Andrews how sorry I am for what I've done to her," he said. "I hope someday she can forgive me."
Andrews, visibly nervous as she spoke, said she had no sympathy for Barrett's claim that he was publicly humiliated.
"It's my body on the Internet," she said. "I'm being traumatized every single day for what he did. ... This will never be over for me."
Barrett, who has until May 3 to surrender, was ordered to have supervised probation for three years after his release, during which he will be prohibited from contacting Andrews, her family or friends.
He will not be allowed to stay in a hotel without approval of a probation officer and if he accepts employment somewhere, Andrews will be notified. Barrett was also ordered to pay $5,000 in fines and $7,366 in restitution, but the judge said further restitution may be imposed to compensate ESPN.
Barrett's lawyer, David Willingham, said his client is undergoing psychological treatment and "has sought the path of redemption."
"Mr. Barrett has lost everything he built throughout his life," Willingham said. "He's lost his career, his fiancee and his life savings. He knows that he brought this on himself."
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have agreed not to pursue further charges against Barrett. However, he could face criminal action in other states stemming from other videos he allegedly shot of unsuspecting nude women through peepholes.
Andrews' attorney, Marshall Grossman, has said there could be as many as a dozen other women that Barrett taped.
A sentencing memo filed last month claimed Barrett videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according to court documents.
Barrett also allegedly conducted 30 Internet background checks that can produce birthdays and home addresses, the document said. The filing did not name the other alleged victims or say what information he obtained or how he may have used it.
Prosecutors claim that 32 videos provided by DailyMotion.com show Barrett "victimized approximately 16 other women in almost precisely the same way that he victimized" Andrews. They did not identify the women.
Andrews testified in December that Barrett's actions had a devastating impact on her and her family because she is constantly reminded that his videos appeared online and is subjected to cruel taunts from sports fans when she works as a sideline reporter.
Andrews has agreed to appear on the new season of ABC-TV's "Dancing with the Stars" — an offer she said ABC made before the stalking allegations. She said she doesn't want to seclude herself from the public's eye because other victims would get the wrong message.
"I did nothing wrong. Just trying to live my life," she said.
"I had to deal with a lot of people who said I deserved it, that I had played to a certain audience."
She then became tearful as she spoke: "I'm at the angry stage now. I'm mad. Thirty months isn't enough."
Her attorney said she will not file a lawsuit against Barrett.
(This version CORRECTS that the apology was made before the sentencing. )

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03-15-2010 , 09:13 PM

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Erin Andrews's Q&A session after the ruling: http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=t...2-e05f9c52ecb5

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03-15-2010 , 09:53 PM

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2.5 years doesn't sound like too much for a pattern of sexual predatory behavior across state lines. Boo ****ing hoo. This guy's an internet hero and will probably get hired by Harvey Levin and get to sit next to the long blond haired guy on TMZ when he gets out.

EA has a right to be upset of course but she seems to be overreacting. Her entire persona is about sex. Did she sue that student who grabbed her titty at that basketball game a few years back?

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03-15-2010 , 09:59 PM

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Your posts are so consistently and unbelievably wrong that I would consider rescinding my modship so I would have the ability to ignore you.

For starters this guy is far from an internet hero, he is only a hero to mentally deranged people or people making a lame joke. He is perceived as a hero in the same way OJ is a perceived hero when someone says "Boy sometimes that wife does get on my nerves, OJ had it right"
EA hasn't really exploited her sex she regularly wears pantsuits ffs. However saying she is overreacting is similar to dressing promiscuously being an invitation for rape.
The student that grabbed her titty was a photshop.

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03-15-2010 , 10:14 PM

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comparing this peep hole weirdo to OJ Simpson is pretty lol bad.

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03-15-2010 , 10:16 PM

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03-15-2010 , 10:22 PM

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EA has a right to be upset of course but she seems to be overreacting. Her entire persona is about sex.

I don't think this is fair. Just because she's a hot chick who is only on TV because she's a hot chick doesn't mean her persona is about sex. I don't think I've ever seen her dress provocatively, she doesn't do bikini photoshoots or anything like that, and before this scandal, I don't think she ever strayed outside of the "ESPN bubble." She has never used her looks to further her career; yes, that's why she got the job, but she's certainly not flaunting her looks or doing anything unprofessional on or off the air.

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03-15-2010 , 10:46 PM

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Meh. If it were me I'd be more angry that my privacy was violated rather than my naked body was seen. I think I'd be pretty pissed too if someone decided to spy on me in a hotel. It's like 'why?'

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03-15-2010 , 10:48 PM

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first two sentences good, rest bad.

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03-15-2010 , 11:00 PM

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For starters this guy is far from an internet hero, he is only a hero to mentally deranged people or people making a lame joke. He is perceived as a hero in the same way OJ is a perceived hero when someone says "Boy sometimes that wife does get on my nerves, OJ had it right"
EA hasn't really exploited her sex she regularly wears pantsuits ffs.

lol OJ comparison, come on.

Anyway, who knows if fellow reporters are jealous of her attention, but plenty of people have accused her of using her "assets" to get more air time and interviews.

http://deadspin.com/5031564/the-erin...ficially-begun

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03-15-2010 , 11:14 PM

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Your posts are always written in this overly didactic tone. How the **** am I supposed to know that was photoshopped? Where do you find this **** out at?

Also most of my post was in jest. FFS I said the guy got off light whereas others are saying he got the book thrown at him. If you really think that I really believe that this guy will one day sit aside the long blond haired guy on TMZ then I feel sorry for you and your lack of sarcasm detector.

Also lol @ acting like this guy isn't heroic for internet nerds who have whacked it to her video. You've probably made a mess of your keyboard over that vid. And Erin Andrews does not wear pantsuits all the time. She wore a dress that made Cubs personnel comment about how nice she looked. She carries a brush and hairspray onto a basketball court. This is Erin Andrews, not Linda Cohn. Her telling a judge she feels unsafe in hotel rooms is being hyperbolic. Which is probably why he "only" put the dude away for 2+ years.

Stop being such a whiny hater. Doesn't it get exhausting after a while? Calm down.

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03-15-2010 , 11:17 PM

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I am suggesting they are analgous as he is only an internet hero as a lame misogynistic punchline. Not that his crime is analogous.

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03-15-2010 , 11:34 PM

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Lol at thinking that photo was anything than an obvious photoshop.

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03-15-2010 , 11:50 PM

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EA is way over-reacting, yeah it sucks for her and I know she's pissed but there are women who've been through a hell of alot worse who don't bitch half as much as she does.

I'm sensing a ton of arrogance coming out of her, like "How dare this happen to ME, don't you know who I am?"

a level above the normal pissed off'ness you'd expect from a woman who got a few naked pictures of her taken.

She thinks she's a way bigger deal than she actually is.

Just another pretty face with some T&A, dime a dozen.

Guy is a creep of course but I doubt he's some sexual deviant, just some idiot who got the idea in his head he wanted to snag naked pics of sports chicks and put them online and maybe make money off it, without really thinking about the consequences.