ERIN ANDREWS HAS BEEN TESTIFYING IN COURT IN A LAWSUIT THAT SHE
HAS FILED AGAINST A MAN WHO NOT ONLY STOPPED HER, BUT FILMED HER
THROUGH A REVERSE PEOPLE AT A MARRIOTT HOTEL IN TENNESSEE.
SHE IS ALSO SUING THE HOTEL FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT HER
PRIVACY AND KEEP HER SAFE FROM THE STOCK OR.
SHE WAS STALKED IN SEPTEMBER 2008, BY MICHAEL DAVID BARRETT,
WHO FILMED A 4.5 MINUTE LONG
VIDEO OF HER UNDRESSING A NATIONAL MARRIOTT HOTEL WITHOUT
HER CONSENT.
THE INTERESTING THING SHE SAID WAS HOW ESPN INITIALLY
REACTED TO HER.
SOMEHOW THE STOCK ARE SUCCESSFULLY REVERSED THE
PEEP-HOLE, AND FILMED HER WHILE SHE WAS NAKED.
ANDREWS SAID THAT ESPN FORCED HER TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT ON
TV IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WORKING, AND INDICATED HE DID NOT
BELIEVE HER ACCOUNTS."
SHE SAID, "PROBABLY FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS, EVERYBODY
THOUGHT IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT.
THE FIVE PAGE OF THE NEW YORK POST SAID SCANDAL, TO FOXES AND
CVS, EVERYBODY SAID THAT I WAS DOING IT FOR ATTENTION, AND THAT
HAS RIPPED ME APART.
SHE IS SUPER OUTRAGED THAT
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS
A PUBLICITY STUNT.
IF YOU ARE THE ONE LIVING THROUGH THAT, I GET WHY YOU
WOULD BE OUTRAGED.
AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY PUBLICITY STUNTS
RIGHT NOW, WITH THE PARIS HILTON SEX TAPE, "ASHLEY AND SEX TAPES,
THAT WERE CLEARLY "LEAKED" ON PURPOSE, THAT YOU WILL
ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IS NOT OUTRAGEOUS.
SAYS IT HAPPENS TO ALL THE TIME, THEY WONDER, DID THIS
PERSON DO IT?
I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD TO DEAL WITH WHEN IT IS YOU, AND SHE HAD
AN HONEST VIOLATION OF POLICY.
IF THIS HAPPENED TO, LET ME GO THROUGH THE USUAL THINGS, IF IT
HAPPENED TO YOU IF YOU ARE A
WOMAN YOU KNOW HOW UPSET YOU, YOU WOULD BE.
IT IS GROTESQUE IN SO MANY WAYS.
LET ME GIVE YOU ACTUAL NUMBERS.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TESTIFYING IN THIS CASE ñ SHE IS SUING FOR
$75 MILLION ñ PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR BERNARD JANSEN,
JUSTIFIED IN THE CASE, ESTIMATED THAT AT LEAST ONE ñ 16.8
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED AT LEAST SOME OF THE FOOTAGE AND
THAT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE STILL VIEW THE VIDEO EVERY MINUTE.
IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE THERE WAS SWIFT ACTION IN TERMS OF GETTING
THOSE VIDEOS DOWN, BUT THEY STILL EXIST, THEY ARE STILL
OUT THERE FLOATING AROUND.
THINK ABOUT HOW VIOLATED SHE FEELS, AND HOW MUCH IS GOING TO
IMPACT THE REST OF HER LIFE.
WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING YOU.
I SAW HER TESTIMONY, PARTS OF IT, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW
EVERY TIME SHE GOES INTO A HOTEL ROOM NOW, SHE HONESTLY CHECKED
THE PEEP HOLE, THAN THE ALARM CLOCK, THEN ANYTHING THAT
MIGHT BE A BLINKING LIGHT.
SHEET GOES THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROTOCOL, BECAUSE HER WHOLE
LIFE SHE IS WONDERING, IS SOMEBODY TAPING ME?
NOW OF COURSE BECAUSE THE TRIALS GOING ON, EVERYBODY'S
SEARCHING FOR IT AGAIN.
SO THEN SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH THAT.
TO WHAT DEGREE IS THE HOTEL CULPABLE?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
WE HAVE TO GO SIT IN THAT TRIAL.
SHE MIGHT HAVE A GREAT CASE, SO LETíS NOT ALL GET FREAKED OUT
BY THE $75 MILLION NUMBER AND ASSUME SHE HAS A BAD CASE.
THAT IS FOR THE JURY DECIDE.
BUT I GET IT, $75 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT FOR.
KEEP IN MIND, SHE IS NOT DOING POORLY FINANCIALLY.
I DON'T THINK IS THE MONEY FOR.
I THINK THAT THIS IS MORE REVENGE AND JUSTICE FOR
HER, AND GETTING SOME CLOSURE OVER WHAT HAPPENED.
BY THE WAY, PEOPLE ALWAYS WONDER WHY THESE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT AND RAPE DONE COME FORWARD IMMEDIATELY.
HERE IS WHY.
DURING THE CROSS-EXAMINATION, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR
THE NATIONAL MARRIOTT HOTEL CAME FORWARD AND STARTED ñ YOU
KNOW, THE LINE OF QUESTIONING BASICALLY INDICATED, HEY,
DIDN'T YOUR CAREER REALLY TAKE OFF AFTER THIS ALL HAPPENED?
BACK IN 2009?
BACK INTO THE NIGHT, DID YOU NOT NOTICE THAT YOUR CAREER REALLY
TOOK OFF?
DO YOU KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY
INSULTING, AND EMBARRASSING AND
HUMILIATING IT IS TO HAVE
SOMEONE MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH ALL YOUR CAREER AND HARD WORK
WAS SHIT, AND ALL THAT IT WAS A NAKED VIDEO OF YOU TO PUSH
YOU TO START OF.
BECAUSE I REALLY THINK YOU'LL CARE ABOUT IN REGARDS TO
YOU, THAT IS THE IMPLICATION.
BY THE WAY, EVEN I AM FREAKED OUT BY THE $75 MILLION NUMBER.
HAVING SAID THAT, WHEN PEOPLE DON'T COME FORWARD, AND NOW
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE CHARGES AGAINST BILL COSBY
YEARS LATER, AS EXAMPLE.
AND IN THIS CASE, SHE COMES FORWARD, AND THEY GO, NOW
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TOO MUCH JUSTICE.
WHEN DID THEY WIN?
WHAT IS THE EXACT MIDDLE RIGHT GROUND THAT YOU ARE HAPPY WITH?
SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT IN THE WORLD SEEK JUSTICE.