Erin Andrews Sues Luxury Hotel Chains
I wrote in January about the ESPN sports reporter, Erin Andrews, who was videotaped nude in various luxury hotel rooms by a stalker.
Ms Andrews has now filed a lawsuit against two luxury hotel chains, Marriott International and Radisson Hotels International, for negligence, emotional distress and invasion of privacy.
The lawsuit comes four months after Michael David Barrett, a 49-year-old former insurance salesman from Illinois, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to a number of stalking charges. He admitted renting luxury hotel rooms next to Ms Andrews in three cities, altering door peepholes and shooting videos on his mobile phone, which he then posted online.
Ms Andrews is asking for more than $1.2 million (£784,000) from the hotels and also from Barrett for ‘severe and permanent emotional distress,’ according to the complaint which was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago.
The lawsuit alleges that hotel management confirmed to Barrett where Ms Andrews was staying, disclosed her room number without permission and then allowed the stalker to stay in adjacent rooms.
In a statement, Ms Andrews said: “I’ve filed this lawsuit to hold accountable those who put my personal safety at risk and who allowed my privacy to be invaded while I was a guest at their hotel, as well as for actually stalking me and making my most personal moments public.”
by Andy Moreton
Sue baby sue! Erin Andrews should sue all luxury hotel chains and no just the Marriott and Radisson luxury hotel chains.
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Comment by katya_tsvetkova — July 29, 2010 @ 3:56 am