Erin Andrews Awarded $55 Million In Lawsuit, Thanks Everyone For Their Support
Thank goodness for Erin Andrews. A jury today awarded her with $55 million in a civil lawsuit over a secret recording and release of a video showing her naked during a hotel stay. You can read more from ABC below. Also below is a statement by Erin thanking the court, friends, family, and victims around the world for their help and support.
The jury has awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her civil lawsuit over the secret recording and release of a video showing her naked during a hotel stay.
The sportscaster’s original suit asked for $75 million from the owner and operator of the Nashville, Tennessee, hotel where she was staying, and Michael David Barrett, the stalker who used a hacksaw to tamper with her room’s peephole and record the video in 2008.
The jurors took photos with Andrews after the amount was announced, and she signed autographs, according to reports from inside the courtroom.
The jury found Barrett to be 51 percent at fault and required him to pay out more than $28 million. West End Hotel Partners, which owns and operates that Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University, was found to be 49 percent at fault and asked to pay out more than $26 million.
— Erin Andrews (@ErinAndrews) March 7, 2016