THE JURY IN THE ERIN ANDREWS CASE HAS REACHED A VERDICT, AND
THEY HAVE AWARDED HER A WHOPPING $55 MILLION IN THE CIVIL LAWSUIT
SHE FILED AGAINST THE INVESTORS OF MARRIOTT HOTEL AND HER
STALKER, THE PERCENTAGE OF VIDEO FOOTAGE OF HER UNDRESSING
THROUGH A REVERSE KEYHOLE.
SHE ASKED FOR 75 MILLION AND SHE GOT 55
MILLION, WHICH IS A GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE.
YOU THINK?
THEY DELIBERATED ON MONDAY AND THEY CAME UP WITH A
VERDICT PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE VERDICT WAS READ YESTERDAY.
ANDREWS TESTIFIED FOR TWO DAYS DURING THE TRIAL, SAYING THAT
SINCE THE VIDEO WAS SEEN BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT SHE
EXPERIENCED SERIOUS MENTAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEPRESSION,
CRYING SPELLS AND SLEEPLESSNESS.
WE HAVE REPORTED ON THIS STORY BEFORE, AND THERE WAS THIS HUGE
CONTROVERSY WHERE THE DEFENSE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
MARRIOTT BASICALLY SHOW THE NUDE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF HER DURING
A DINNER WITH TWO OF HIS FRIENDS.
SHE HAD TO TESTIFY ABOUT WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH, AND AT THE
SAME TIME THAT DEFENSE BASICALLY REITERATED THAT HER CAREER
BENEFITED FROM THIS VIDEO COMING OUT.
SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH A LOT, AND ULTIMATELY I AM OKAY WITH
THIS VERDICT.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE JURY TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE.
THEY SAID THAT THE STALKER HIMSELF WAS FIFTY-ONE
PERCENT AT FAULT, AND THAT MARRIOTT WAS FORTY-NINE PERCENT.
HE OWES JUST OVER 28 MILLION, WHICH HE CANNOT
POSSIBLY PAY FOR THE REST OF
HIS LIFE, BUT THEY WILL
GARNISHES WAGES.
AND THAT VIDEO WILL BE AROUND FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY.
IT IS JUST SOME WAY OF GETTING JUSTICE FOR HER.
THE 26 MILLION FROM THE WINDSOR GROUP, THAT IS THE
MARRIOTT'S OWNER AND MANAGEMENT, SHE WILL GET.
THAT IS REAL.
THEY ARE GOING TO APPEAL, THERE WILL BE COURT FEES, AND IT
WILL BE DRAGGED OUT FOR YEARS, IT MIGHT EVEN GET SETTLED
OR BE KNOCKED DOWN, SO IT WON'T BE THAT MUCH ANYWAY.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY SUE FOR SUCH A LARGE
AMOUNT, BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU JUMP THROUGH ALL THOSE WHO
IT ENDS UP NOT BEING AS BIG AS THAT NUMBER SEEMS.
I WANT TO SAY ONE THING THAT IS UNRELATED TO WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED TO HER, AND THAT IS THAT I MIGHT NOT BE
ASSERTIVE ENOUGH.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS FUNNY, GIVEN THAT I SOUND FAIRLY
ASSERTIVE ON AIR HERE.
BECAUSE I THINK IF IT HAPPENED TO ME, I'M NOT SURE I WOULD HAVE
EVEN SUED, AND APPARENTLY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WRONG MOVE.
BECAUSE, NOT BECAUSE IT IS NOT A BAD THING, IT IS A HORRIBLE
THING, AND I SAID THIS BEFORE, WHAT IS IT WITH YOU GUYS AND
THEY CAUGHT YOU AT THE WRONG TIME, WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF COLD
AIR OR SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING, AND EVERYBODY MADE
FUN OF IT AND WASH ON THE
INTERNET, IT WOULD BE MORTIFYING AND TERRIBLE.
FOR ME, MY GUT IS NOT SOMETHING I'M PROUD OF.
LET'S KEEP IT REAL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF US DO NOT LOOK
LIKE SUPERMODELS, AND WE WOULD BE EMBARRASSED IF SUMMARY
WAS SECRETLY FILMING US WHILE WE WERE ADDRESSING OR UNDRESSING.
I WOULD HATE IT, I WOULD BE REALLY PISSED OFF, BUT I DON'T
THINK I WOULDN'T THINK TO SUE.
MAYBE IT IS MY MENTALITY OF BEING TOO POLITE, ALTHOUGH
I HAVE GOTTEN AROUND IT BY BEING FAIRLY IMPOLITE TO A LOT OF
FOLKS ON HERE.
YOU USUALLY HAVE A KNEE-JERK REACTION WHEN IT COMES TO
LAWSUITS IN GENERAL, SO IT IS
NOT SURPRISE ME THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT EVEN
CONSIDER SUING.
FOR ME, I WOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER SUING, BUT I WOULD
BE AT A SIGNIFICANT DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE I JUST, I DON'T
KNOW HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SHE HAS RESOURCES, SHE HAS WORKED IN TV FOR QUITE SOME
TIME, AND OBVIOUSLY THE LAWYERS INVOLVED UNDERSTAND THAT IT
COULD BE A DECENT PAYDAY.
I'M NOT AGAINST LAWSUITS, INSIDE A LOT OF TIME LAWSUITS HELP
YOU TO FIX THE ROAD, AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
ARE WRONG, THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE WRONG.
IF THEY DON'T GET SUED, THEY NEVER FIX IT.
THAT'S TRUE, AND THIS SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE THAT THE
MARRIOTT, OR ANY HOTEL, SHOULD NOT GIVE OUT THE HOTEL
NUMBER OF A PUBLIC FIGURE, OR ANY PERSON.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COLLECT YOUR ñ
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT YOUR CLIENTS.
I TO SAY THAT I GUESS I'M WRONG BECAUSE I WOULD NOT
HAVE DONE A LAWSUIT, AND I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE $55
MILLION THAT YOU CAN APPARENTLY GET.
IT IS INTERESTING, AND I STRUGGLE WITH THIS IN MY
PERSONAL LIFE, AND MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IN A POST
GAME WHEN WE TALK TO THE MEMBERS, BUT IT JUST FEELS
IMPOLITE.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS ABSURD GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
IT HAPPENED TO ME, I WOULD BE SUPER PISSED OFF, BUT I WOULD BE
LIKE, TO SUE WOULD NOT FEEL RIGHT, AND I WOULD BE MASSIVELY
WRONG BECAUSE I COULD'VE HAD $55
MILLION.
IT IS INTERESTING.
THOSE DECISIONS CAN BE DIFFICULT, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A
SMALLER SITUATION THAT DID NOT
LEAD TO ANY LARGER DISTRESS, BY I REMEMBER ON FACEBOOK THERE WAS SOME
QUESTIONABLE COMPANY SELLING A QUESTIONABLE DIET PILL, AND THEY
WERE USING MY IMAGE TO SELL IT.
THE HEADLINE ON THE COMMERCIALS THAT SOMETHING LIKE, SEE
HOW THIS GIRL LOST THIRTY-FIVE POUNDS TAKING THIS BILL,
AND IT IS A PICTURE OF ME.
AND I'M LIKE, I DO NOT TAKE YOUR PILL, AND I DID NOT LOSE
THIRTY-FIVE POUNDS.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THE BIGGER
ISSUE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGED ANYWAY IS THAT THEY
SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YOU ARE RIGHT, BECAUSE IF THAT HAPPENED TO ME I WOULD NOT
DO EITHER, BUT IF YOU SUED MAYBE YOU WOULD GET A LOT OF MONEY.
THE THING IS, WE ARE RUNNING TOO HARD AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO GO DEFERRED ALL OF OUR ENERGY AND NONEXISTENT
MONEY INTO A LAWSUIT.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT SHE FOUGHT BACK, AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE
HOTELS GOT THE MESSAGE TO THE
RIGHT THING.
ABSOLUTELY.