Man Arrested In ESPN Erin Andrews Peephole Case

I'm sure this is a huge relief to Erin Andrews! Police arrested Michael David Barrett at Chicago O'Hare Airport last night. The FBI said Michael faces federal charges of interstate stalking in order to take the videos, posting the videos online and attempts to sell them.
Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show last month, Andrews said she thought her career was over once the nude footage of her began circulating on the Internet.
"I kept screaming, 'I'm done. My career is over. I'm done,' " she said.
FBI agents said they thought Michael had requested the room next to Erin's in a Nashville hotel and rigged the peephole to obtain the video. How disgusting!
Erin has said she wants whoever is responsible to face criminal charges and she herself will file civil lawsuits against this person. Hopefully people will get the message that this is NOT okay.
Update: Erin has released a statement about the arrest.
In a statement today, Andrews gave thanks to "ESPN for its support during this difficult time" and vowed to become the poster girl against such crimes.
"I hope that today's action will help the countless others who have been similarly victimized...I will make every effort to strengthen the laws on a state and federal level to better protect victims of criminal stalking. I am also grateful to those who have expressed their concerns and good wishes for my family and me."













17580 points
Yes, I'm sure she's VERY relieved, indeed.
6755 points
I can't even begin to imagine how violated she must feel. It's horrible for anyone to have to go through this.
eww. Thats so disturbing...what a freako
But it is amazing how many people blamed her! SO sick and sexist. And all the shows that showed it over and over again......
http://www.ninjadude.com/images/index.php/Erin-Andrews/goblazers1-account-pic.jpg?action=big&size=original <---- hey now, let's not forget vera's best buddies from the NinjaDude dojo, who assisted the investigation with our original posts, back then when...awesome they caught up to this Tom quickly!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bfpRkyFviaI/Ssfjygt1E4I/AAAAAAAADWI/ld34j9duS2o/s1600-h/erinandrews2.jpg
for reals^
5325 points
What I want to know, is what hotel clerk in their right mind would rent him out the room next to her!? Shouldn't that have been a HUGE red flag? Some strange guy walks up and asks for the room right next to her, you'd think the clerk would say no and then alert her and security. Geez! She's lucky she isn't dead. The hotel clerk should be fired.
Has anyone seen this video??? Unfortunately, I did and it looks sooooo staged. I never stood in front of a mirror and curled my hair this way...in heels!!!! WTF???
129675 points
I'm glad the stalker has been caught.
93685 points
she was completely violated. good thing they arrested him.
4055 points
Glad he got caught only a hundred thousand or so sickos to go.
52515 points
I'm glad like everyone else that he got arrested.
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