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U.S. NEWSTuesday 8 March 2016

Jurors discuss who is to blame for Erin Andrews nude video

Sportscaster and television host Erin Andrews walks to the courtroom with attorneys Bruce Broillet, lumbus, Ohio, and posted somebody makes a com-
left, and Scott Carr, center, Monday, March 7, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. Andrews’ $75 million lawsuit them online. The trial focus- ment in the paper or some-
against the franchise owner and manager of a luxury hotel and a man who admitted to making es on the Nashville Marriott body sends me a still video
secret nude recordings of her in 2008 was turned over to the jury Monday. at Vanderbilt and video. to my Twitter or someone
On Friday, Davidson Coun- screams it at me in the
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ty Circuit Court Judge Ham- stands and I’m right back
ilton Gayden found Barrett to this. I feel so embarrassed
SHEILA BURKE Jurors started their delib- people online. at fault. Now it’s up to jurors and I am so ashamed.”
to decide if the hotel own- Barrett pleaded guilty to
Associated Press erations Monday after two Andrews’ parents de- er, West End Hotel Partners, stalking Andrews, altering
and former operator, Wind- hotel room peepholes and
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — weeks of emotional testi- scribed for jurors the terror sor Capital Group, should taking nude videos of her.
share in some of the blame. He was sentenced to 2½
The key questions jurors mony. They heard directly they and their daughter felt The hotel is a franchise and years in prison.
Marriott is not part of the Barrett was a Chicago-
are deliberating in Erin from the Fox Sports report- after learning of the video trial. area insurance company
Attorneys for the compa- executive who frequently
Andrews’ $75 million law- er and co-host of the TV but not knowing who took nies argued that while what traveled around the coun-
happened to Andrews try when he took the video
suit are whether two ho- show “Dancing with the it, where it was shot and if was terrible, the convicted of Andrews at the Nashville
stalker should be solely to hotel in September 2008.
tel companies bear any Stars,” who tearfully testi- someone was still watching blame because he was a He shot about 4 1/2 minutes
determined criminal. The of nude video of her while
responsibility for a stalker fied that she was humili- their daughter. attorneys also suggested she was inside a room that
that Andrews’ rise in her ca- was in an alcove off a main
renting a room next to the ated, shamed and suffers An FBI investigation would reer shows she did not suf- hallway.
fer severe and permanent Barrett didn’t show up for
sportscaster and taking a from depression as a result later reveal that Michael distress. the trial. In his videotaped
Andrews said Barrett’s ar- deposition, he said that he
nude video of her, and if so, of the video, which has David Barrett shot videos in rest and imprisonment did alone was to blame. He
not make the nightmare said he correctly guessed
how much they should pay. been viewed by millions of hotels in Nashville and Co- go away. She broke down that she would be at the
on the stand repeatedly, hotel — it was the clos-
saying she continues to suf- est one to the Vanderbilt
fer because people are still football game Andrews
watching the videos and was covering — by calling
taunting her about them. and pretending to be in a
“This happens every day of group with Andrews and
my life,” Andrews said tear- asking for confirmation of
fully. “Either I get a tweet or the reservations.q

Hulk Hogan says he was ‘completely humiliated’ by sex video

TAMARA LUSH that his best friend, radio around 4:30 p.m., when 2012, Hogan said he asked well-known entertainment
Associated Press personality Bubba the Gawker’s attorneys were Bubba Clem if he was be- figure and an American
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Love Sponge Clem, was in- cross-examining Hogan. ing filmed. icon.
Former pro wrestler Hulk Ho- volved in making the tape, During cross-examination, Hogan, whose real name is The civil trial, which started
gan said Monday he was he began shaking uncon- an attorney for Gawker Terry Bollea, chalked up the Monday in downtown St.
“completely humiliated” trollably. questioned Hogan about inconsistencies to being Petersburg, pits the rowdy
by the publication of a vid- Earlier, Hogan testified that inconsistencies in testimony shell-shocked by the tape wrestling star against a
eo showing him having sex he initially thought it was and media interviews. Ho- and because he routinely maverick news-gossip web-
with his then-best friend’s a joke when Clem said his gan testified that he didn’t put himself in his wrestling site that’s known for pulling
wife. wife wanted to have sex watch the video when he character. no punches with celebrities
Testifying in his privacy law- with Hogan. He testified discovered its existence; “I was probably in the Hulk and other famous figures.
suit against the Gawker that the Clems had an during a media interview Hogan mode,” Hogan said. Both sides agree that in
website, Hogan said he open marriage. he said he did. And Hogan “It gives you artistic ability, 2006, following a messy di-
didn’t authorize the tape Hogan is suing Gawker for said he didn’t know he was to be a character.” vorce, Hogan had sex with
to be made or authorize $100 million for publishing being videoed when he Both sides in Hogan’s priva- the wife of his then-best
Gawker to publish it. Ho- the sex video. had sex with Heather Clem. cy lawsuit have portrayed friend.q
gan said when he realized The trial finished for the day But in media interviews in him as a hero to little kids, a