Erin Andrews Stalker Gets 27 Months in Jail
Erin Andrews video tape-peep hole stalker Michael David Barrett was sentenced to 27 months in jail on Monday by a Los Angeles judge. Barrett secretly shot nude videos of Andrews, a sideline reporter for ESPN, in her hotel room over the course of several months.
The 48-year old Barrett, an insurance salesmen issued a tearful apology to Andrews after the sentencing, but Erin, visibly shaken, continued to unleash on the sexual predator after the sentencing.
“You violated me and you violated all women,” Andrews told Barrett. “You are a sexual predator, a sexual deviant and they should lock you up.”
“It’s my body on the Internet,” she said. “I’m being traumatized every single day for what he did. … This will never be over for me.”
After the sentencing, she said, “Thirty months isn’t enough.”
I truly feel for Andrews having gone through an experience like this several years ago. Mine was way more threatening, blatant, and out of control evil. Barrett should be punished severely, but I believe 27 months is a long time for this. He did post the videos online, but Andrews never knew about him until he posted the videos. He never threatened to kill her or harm her friends and family.
But it’s hard to say what is a fair sentencing in this case. If I was the judge I’d probably have set the jail time in between 12-15 months, gave him a heavy fine, and put him on a probation from staying in hotel rooms without permission from his probation officer. I probably would have also tried to have a tracker bracelet put on him for a couple of years after his release.
Erin is one of the celebrity contestants on the 10th season of Dancing With the Stars.
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