Erin Andrews is looking back on the horrific moment when she discovered that a stalker filmed her through a peephole and leaked the video online.
Andrews, 48, who rose to prominence on ESPN, is now a lead sideline reporter for Fox Sports alongside Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady. But the sports standout made headlines back in 2009 after she was secretly filmed through a peephole while in her hotel room. The video was posted online, and Andrews faced the nightmare of some people claiming she did it for attention. On the Wednesday, Sept. 2 episode of Call Her Daddy, Andrews opened up to Alex Cooper about the experience, which happened while she was working as a sideline reporter for ESPN’s College GameDay. While working the ESPYs, a friend called her repeatedly and told her the news.
“He’s like, ‘There’s naked video of you all over the internet,’ and I said, ‘No, there’s not. I don’t do that. I just don’t.’”
Andrews immediately called her parents.
“I was screaming, crying because it was me and it was me naked in a hotel room walking around, and I just out-of-body experience started screaming,” she recalled.
Check out her interview with Cooper below:
?SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox?
What Happened to Erin Andrews’ Stalker?
PEOPLE reported that the stalker, Michael David Barrett, had followed Andrews to multiple cities. He shot several videos of her through the peepholes of hotel rooms by calling ahead and requesting to stay in the room adjacent to Andrews’.
“There was this disgusting person following me around and he was setting up his cell phone right up to my hotel room,” Andrews told Cooper. “He would take off the peephole at the door. He would ask for a room next to me and the hotel never alerted me that this was happening, so they would put this person next to me. He would wait and listen and he could tell when I was getting into the shower because he could hear it and he would stand there with a camera and he filmed me getting ready and then he put it on the internet.”
Barrett was arrested by the FBI in Oct. 2009 and sentenced to two and a half years in jail. He was also ordered to pay over $12,000 in fines and restitution. PEOPLE also noted that Andrews later sued Barrett and Marriott International and Radisson Hotels. After a lengthy trial, she was awarded $55 million in damages in 2016.
People Thought Andrews Leaked the Video Herself
Andrews also noted that some people thought she leaked the video herself for attention.
“I was on the cover of newspapers, just a still frame of the video, my naked body, and it said ‘ESPN Scandal.’ People thought I did it to myself for publicity or to, you know, help my career. Which was the exact opposite of how I was feeling,” she shared. “I was feeling shame, like I would never get work again. I would never be taken seriously.”
Related: Sports Reporter Erin Andrews Speaks Out on ‘Controversial’ Outfit During NFL Playoffs
Hence then, the article about erin andrews breaks her silence on 2009 video leak he would stand there with a camera was published today ( ) and is available on Parade ( Saudi Arabia ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Erin Andrews Breaks Her Silence on 2009 Video Leak: ‘He Would Stand There With a Camera’ )
Also on site :
- 1,600-year-old skeleton found in a giant jar in Bulgaria may belong to Roman who hid there to escape enemy attack
- 1979 Maxine Nightingale Breakup Ballad, Written in One Hour, Ranked One of the Best Adult Contemporary Songs of All Time
- San Francisco firefighters respond to person trapped in garbage truck