Michael David Barrett Arrested for Erin Andrews Peephole Video Case
It looks like there has been a bit of a breakthrough, in the Erin Andrews peephole video case. As we mentioned a while back, a video of ESPN’s Erin Andrews naked in her hotel room, managed to make its way onto the Internet a couple of months ago.
At the time of the incident, there was a lot of speculation as to whether or not it was someone that Erin knew that took the video. Well according to reports from msn.foxsports.com, a Chicago man who is accused of the taking the videos, has just been arrested.
According to an FBI statement, a 48-year old man by the name of Mr. Michael David Barrett, now faces federal charges, of interstate stalking for taking the videos, posting the videos online, and trying to sell them to celebrity Web site TMZ.
You can read the full story here.
http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20091003/erin-andrews-peephole-video-man-arrested/
Erin Andrews Video Peep Pictures by NY Post
Sexy ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews was the target of a peephole pervert who surreptitiously shot a video of her walking around her hotel room naked — and posted it on the Internet.
The sideline siren wants the creepy cameraman brought to justice, both for herself and to keep other victims from having to go through the same nightmare.
Andrews’ lawyer, Marshall B. Grossman, confirmed yesterday she was “surreptitiously videotaped” while “in the privacy of her hotel room.”
“Although the perpetrators of this criminal act have not yet been identified, when they are identified, she intends to bring both civil and criminal charges against them and against anyone who has published the material,” Grossman said.
In the video, Andrews is seen primping her hair and putting on her makeup.
The video and screen grabs first surfaced on the Internet under the title “Hot naked blonde who looks a lot like a sports blogger favorite in her hotel room,” according to the sports-and-gossip Web site Deadspin.
The site on which the images first appeared didn’t identify the woman as Andrews, whom Playboy calls “America’s Sexiest Sportscaster.”
But ESPN believes she was the victim of the crime.
It quickly got the video yanked by warning that it was taken by a peeping Tom — and that anyone circulating the film could be convicted as an accessory.
ESPN said Andrews “has been grievously wronged” and pledged to help with the investigation.
“Our people and resources are in full support of her as she deals with this abhorrent act,” a spokesman said yesterday.
At least one more version of the video, on YouTube, was also removed.
It’s been speculated that the video was taken in Omaha, Neb., last month while Andrews was covering the College World Series. But the local police department and US Attorney’s Office said no reports had been filed with them.
Meanwhile, voyeurs who tried to access the pictures after they were taken down were directed to sites that showed a blurry video of a naked, attractive blonde, touted as Andrews.
And when they clicked on the video, they got a computer virus.
“There are lots more sites out there pretending to host the Erin Andrews peephole but really hosting malicious software,” wrote Graham Cluley, of the anti-virus firm Sophos.
He said hackers took advantage of the instant celebrity status of the original video to circulate a fake. “And — surprise, surprise — if you visit those Web pages you could be putting the security of your computer at real risk,” he said.
Meanwhile, Andrews isn’t talking about the horrifying incident.
“We request respect of Erin’s privacy at this time, while she and her representatives are working with the authorities,” Grossman said.
Erin Andrews Peephole Video Link
That Erin Andrews peephole video link: thinking of going searching for it? Actually, you probably don’t want to go searching for it, whatever you might think at the moment. For there’s a warning out there for those searching for that very Erin Andrews peephole video link.
We made our views known a couple of days ago, when the Erin Andrews video first surfaced. There are tens of thousands of women out there quite happily cavorting naked for the camera who have been paid to do so and untold hundreds of thousands more who have done it for free. It’s simply not civilised to be chasing the images of someone who has not given their consent.
But more importantly, if you do go searching, you’re likely to get rather more than you bargained for. As so often happens when these sorts of videos surface, those who would do you harm are taking advantage of your desires. As the anti-virus company, Sophos, is warning, many of the sites purporting to be hosting the Erin Andrews peephole video link are in fact doing nothing of the sort. One of them, for example, looks like a version of the CNN site (no, it has no coonection with CNN itself). If you try to download the video up comes a poup window which informs you that your own popup blocker is blocking the video player. In order to see Erin Andrews in all her glory you’ll need to download another video player. Clicking on that does not give you another video player: nor the expected Erin Andrews peephole video.
No, instead, you’ve just downloaded a Trojan into your own system. Well done and perhaps it serves you right for desiring to perve over Ms. Andrews.
It really would appear to be simpler just to forget all about the Erin Andrews peephole video and just go off and find some good clean porn instead.
