It seems that the man charged with making nude videotapes of sports reporter, Erin Andrews, has many more such tapes. Court documents released say that Michael David Barrett, 48, secretly videotaped ESPN reporter Erin through hotel peepholes and then started to post the videos on cyberspace.
It was first believed that only a few videos were made at a Nashville hotel in Sept 2008, but recent investigations have revealed that Barrett also videotaped Andrews in various forms of undress through a peephole in a hotel in Columbus, OH sometime in February 2008
Barrett is charged with interstate aggravation which carries a potential prison term of at least five years, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California.
There is speculation that perhaps more tapes exist because more evidence has unearthed that Barrett followed Erin to other cities and reserved rooms at the same hotels.
The peepholes in hotels where Erin stayed were found to be enlarged with a small hacksaw through which videos were obtained via a mobile cell phone camera.
Barrett purportedly tried to sell the videos to celebrity gossip site TMZ but TMZ did not purchase any such videos. Barrett went to post the videos on cyberspace with titles like “Sexy and hot blonde sports celebrity shows us her all.”
Erin Andrews, 31, has been an active sports reporter for ESPN and chiefly covers college games.
The criminal complaint by Erin mentions that the videos have caused her a tremendous amount of stress, anxiety and have made her fearful.
Barrett was detained in Illinois, and will make his first appearance in a Los Angeles court on Friday. At present Barrett is free on bail