The suit was filed in Cook County Thursday. In it, Andrews cites “severe and permanent emotional distress” as her reasons for the filing, and is asking for more than $1.2 million from Barrett and the hotels—–which include Marriott International Inc.; West End Hotel Partners LLC and Nashville Marriott At Vanderbilt University; Windsor Capital Group Inc.; Radisson Hotels International Inc.; Ashtel Inc. and Radisson Hotel Milwaukee Airport; Ohio State University and The Blackwell Inn; and Preferred Hotel Group Inc. and Summit Hotels & Resorts. In addition, she alleges the hotels gave out her room number without permission.
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews cries as she comments on the sentence of her stalker outside the U.S. District Court downtown Los Angeles on Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Seven months earlier, Westmont, Ill. resident Michael David Barrett plead guilty to interstate stalking for filming Andrews in her hotel room through a peep hole, making tapes and trying to sell them to TMZ. He rented hotel rooms adjacent to Andrews’ in three cities and shot video of her in Columbus, Ohio in February 2008 and Nashville, Tenn. in May 2009. He was sentenced to a two-and-a-half year prison stint in March of this year.
Andrews hopes the suit will improve hotel etiquette and responsibility.
“Although I’ll never be able to fully erase the impact that this invasion of privacy has had upon me and my family, I do hope that my experience will cause the hospitality industry to be more vigilant in protecting its guests from the time they reserve a hotel room until they check out,” she said in a written statement.
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