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| Jurors award Erin Andrews $55M in suit over nude video |
| 2016-03-08 |
| [CA.NEWS.YAHOO] A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. After a full day of deliberations, the panel said the stalker was responsible for 51 per cent of the blame and the two hotel companies would share the rest, which comes out to nearly $27 million. Andrews, a Fox Sports news hound and co-host of the TV show "Dancing with the Stars," wept as jurors announced the verdict. She hugged her attorneys and family, who have supported her inside the courtroom throughout the emotional trial. Jurors heard directly from Andrews, who testified that she was humiliated, shamed and suffers from depression as a result of the video, which has been viewed by millions of people online. Andrews' parents described for jurors the terror they and their daughter felt after learning of the video but not knowing who took it, where it was shot and if someone was still watching their daughter. An FBI investigation would later reveal that Michael David Barrett shot videos in hotels in Nashville and Columbus, Ohio, and posted them online. The trial focused on the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt and video. On Friday, Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Hamilton Gayden found Barrett at fault. It was only up to jurors to decide if the hotel owner, West End Hotel Partners, and former operator, Windsor Capital Group, should share in the blame. The hotel is a franchise and Marriott is not part of the trial. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 probably the hotel and Andrews will negotiate a settlement with neither party saying what it is the $55M award could be appealed for years |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-03-08 08:06 |
| #1 Hmmmm |
| Posted by: newc 2016-03-08 03:26 |