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Some of you, those that follow sports, will be familiar with the Erin Andrews. Here is a little background about her that you might not know. If you don’t there is probably a reason why, the ninja will get to that in a minute though.
“In 2000, Andrews began work as a freelance reporter with FSN Florida. In 2001 she moved on to the Sunshine Network, serving as a Tampa Bay Lightning reporter, and in 2002 she served as a studio host and part-time reporter for Turner Sports, covering the Atlanta Braves and college football for TBS and the Atlanta Thrashers and Hawks for Turner South.
In May 2004, she became a reporter for ESPN’s National Hockey League coverage. Since then, she has served as sideline reporter for their college football Saturday telecast as well as their Saturday Primetime and Big Ten college basketball coverage. In 2005, her job expanded to include Major League Baseball sideline reporting. She also reports on Great Outdoor Games, men’s college baseball, and the College World Series.
On July 8, 2009, Andrews was struck on the chin by a foul ball hit by Alex Cora of the New York Mets. She was rushed to the hospital, but she only suffered bruises.”
Most of the ninja’s readers will probably know Erin, not because of her achievements as a sports journalist, rather a stalking victim.
“On July 16, 2009, a video posted on the site “NSFW POA” hinted that a naked blonde woman videotaped through a hotel peephole was a popular sports personality. In the video, the woman was seen curling her hair unclothed in front of the mirror. The next day, Andrews authorized her attorney to issue a statement via PRNewswire verifying that she was the woman in the video, and that the video was made without her knowledge or consent. Legal counsel for Andrews and ESPN acted quickly to both remove the video from sites that had posted it and work with authorities in an attempt to locate and prosecute the perpetrators of the privacy invasion. This incident was also heavily reported in the international media.
On September 11, 2009, Andrews appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in what Andrews called her “first and last interview” about the situation. Andrews described the situation as a “nightmare”, and stated that at the time she discovered the video she believed her career would end.
On October 2, 2009, the FBI announced the arrest of a Chicago, Illinois area suspect. Michael David Barrett, a 47 year old divorced father, was charged with interstate stalking for taking the videos, posting the videos online and trying to sell them to celebrity Web site TMZ.com. According to investigators, seven of the eight videos posted online were taken through a modified door peephole while Andrews was alone and undressed in hotel rooms in Nashville, Tennessee in September 2008. Investigators believe the eighth video was taken in a hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July 2008. According to the FBI complaint, Barrett tried to sell the videos to TMZ.com via an email, but an employee there told Andrews’ attorneys. FBI agents matched information in the e-mail to Barrett. On December 15, 2009, Barrett pleaded guilty to the interstate stalking charge. At a hearing on March 15, 2010 he was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender.”
Source: wikipedia.org
While that arrest and conviction of Barrett may have put an end to the stalking, however, it didn’t reduce the damage caused by the video’s release.
This is really too bad since it is putting Erin’s name in the news for the wrong reason.
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