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55 mill for what? Video wasn't even that nice
Tim Reynolds [emoji]10004[/emoji] @ByTimReynoldsErin Andrews Awarded $55 Million in Lawsuit
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.
West End Hotel Partners, which owns and operates that Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University, has said Barrett's criminal actions were his responsibility, not theirs. Barrett was convicted in criminal court of stalking Andrews and sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
Andrews, 37, testified last week over the course of two days during the trial and broke down in tears at several points in talking about the effect the 2009 release of the video online has had on her personal life.
The closing arguments for both sides ended Friday and the jurors were sent into deliberations after arriving in court this morning.
the publicity of this ruling is probably going to increase the amount of people looking at the video...
i don't have an issue with ruling...they ****** up and should deal with the consequences...
Whitewomenlivesmatter
Tim Reynolds [emoji]10004[/emoji] @ByTimReynolds
For $55 million, Erin Andrews could check in tonight to the best suite at the Marriott South Beach and not check out until Oct. 19, 2182.
4:43 PM - 7 Mar 2016
For being a victim of the hotel booking her stalker in a room right next to hers. Yall dudes just be ignoring the right to privacy55 mill for what?
Her lawyer's strategy of making the trial a cryfest and her wearing no make up for sympathy worked. She came up in more ways than one from this. She profited from the video and although the Marriott messed up by saying that in court, it was the truth as she got endorsement deals and became the host of DWTS. If this means this talentless hack is off television I'm for it. She's worried about her rep when she's already thought of lowly by her female peers and viewed as a jersey chaser.