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Fox host seeks $75m in damages from hotel after man was able to put a hidden camera in her room
Fox Sports host Erin Andrews is seeking $75 million in damages after a man rigged a camera in her hotel room and posted videos of her changing clothes online.
Ms Andrews was stalked by Michael David Barrett, who fixed a camera to the peephole in her hotel room door in 2008, according to the Washington Post.
The current Fox College Football host is requesting damages for emotional distress and invasion of privacy from the Nashville Marriott hotel at Vanderbilt University, claiming the hotel was negligent when it allowed Mr Barrett to reserve the room next to hers and set up a camera.
Ms Andrews was working for ESPN at the time and was in Nashville for a football game when the videos were recorded and uploaded to the Internet.
Mr Barrett, who now lives in Oregon, as reported by theTennessean, pleaded guilty to felony stalking and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
ABC News reported that Mr Barrett, then 50 years old, reserved hotel rooms next to Ms Andrews in three cities and shot nude videos in Columbus, Ohio and Nashville.