NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest in the trial involving sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews, who filed a $75 million lawsuit against a luxury hotel and a man who admitted to making secret nude videos of her (all times local):
1:00 p.m.
A man who stalked and secretly shot nude videos of sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews has testified that he did it because he needed money.
Michael David Barrett said during a previously recorded deposition that his plan was to sell the secret video of Andrews. His deposition was played in the courtroom Monday.
He says the only reason he picked Andrews was because she was popular, and he got the idea after he saw that she was trending on the website Yahoo.
Barrett spent 2 1/2 years in federal prison after he admitted to reserving hotel rooms next to the Andrews three times. He shot nude videos of her in Nashville and Columbus, Ohio, and posted them on the Internet.
Andrews has filed a $75 million lawsuit against Barrett and the owner and manager of the Marriott at Vanderbilt.
The hotel companies say Barrett is solely to blame.
Andrews was not in the courtroom when the video of Barrett was played.
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Jurors could soon hear testimony from sportscaster Erin Andrews as well as the man who stalked her and posted nude videos of her on the Internet.
Andrews and her mother could testify as early as Monday in the $75 million civil case.
Michael David Barrett was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after admitting to stalking Andrews in three different cities, altering peepholes in hotel rooms and secretly recording nude videos.
Jurors are expected to hear Barrett give details about the stalking. His testimony will be via video.
The sportscaster has sued Barrett and the franchise owner and operator of a Nashville hotel. The companies say the stalker should be held responsible.
