Surprised that this isn't getting more attention on the board (it was mentioned in the ESPN thread). Some pretty horrifying and heartbreaking stuff:
And this, from ESPN (her employer at the time):
As shitty as ESPN treated her it sounds like Oprah was really great about it.
Bigger picture: kind of hard to imagine how women will ever get a fair shake in this business when someone as successful as Andrews is put thru the ringer like this.
http://uproxx.com/sports/erin-andrews-lawsuit-hotel-legal-defense/The Defense In Erin Andrews’ Stalker Lawsuit Is Even More Disgusting Than You Imagined
Years after Erin Andrews had nude photos of her taken and leaked online against her will, her lawsuit against the hotel that allowed her stalker to have access to a neighboring room is just now making it to trial. It’s a long time for a traumatic experience to hang over someone’s head, and it’s bringing back
all sorts of horrible memories for Andrews.
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So, essentially the hotel is claiming that while they did allow Andrews’ privacy to be violated in traumatic fashion, the resulting publicity she gained from being victimized should mitigate any damages they would have to pay. It’s an astounding position to take, claiming that the incident that irrevocably harmed Andrews’ mental healthwas somehow a boon. It’s the legal equivalent of saying, “Hey, you should be thanking us!” It also doesn’t consider the fact that Andrews was also a rising star at the time and is very, very good at her job, so perhaps that had something to do with her career taking off after the incident.
And this, from ESPN (her employer at the time):
http://deadspin.com/erin-andrews-espn-forced-me-to-go-on-tv-and-talk-about-1762058985Erin Andrews: ESPN Forced Me To Go On TV And Talk About My Stalker
Fox broadcaster Erin Andrews took the stand today in the trial over her civil suit against the Nashville hotel where she was videotaped undressing through her hotel room peephole. In one of the most frightening bits of testimony in a case full of them, Andrews explained how ESPN—her employer at the time—forced her to discuss the issue on national television, against her will, before she was allowed to return to her broadcasting duties.
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Fighting unsuccessfully to hold back tears as she answered questions from her lawyer today, Andrews testified that “everybody” thought she orchestrated the video as a publicity stunt: “Probably for like three months, everybody thought it was a publicity stunt. The front page of the New York Post said ‘ESPN Scandal.’ To Fox News and CBS, everybody put up that I was doing it for publicity and attention, and that ripped me apart.”
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Q: So did ESPN require that you give an interview?
Yes. Because there wasn’t an arrest, because we didn’t know where this happened, my bosses at ESPN told me, “before you go back on air for college football we need you to give a sit-down interview.” And that was the only way I was going to be allowed back.
Q: Now, you did have the right to select who that interview would be done by, right?
I did. They were highly recommending it be GMA [Good Morning America], because ESPN and ABC are the same, and they wanted it on GMA. But like my dad had said the other day, I didn’t want it to be a two second thing where it’s like, “Was this a scandal, or, was it not?” No, this is my life, and I feel terrible about myself, and we want to figure out how this happened. So, I didn’t want to do it, I didn’t want to be a part of it, and I just said, you know what, “I know because she’s very public about it, Oprah is a crime victim.” I talked to her producers, I told her I didn’t want to do it. But this was the only way I was going to be put back on air, so we went to the Oprahshow.
As shitty as ESPN treated her it sounds like Oprah was really great about it.
Bigger picture: kind of hard to imagine how women will ever get a fair shake in this business when someone as successful as Andrews is put thru the ringer like this.