Illinois Man Admits Stalking ESPN’s Erin Andrews

While Erin Andrews will never forget what Michael David Barrett did to her and how it has affected her career as a sideline sports reporter for ESPN, she is starting to get some justice. Barrett — who used a peephole camera to film the ESPN reporter naked in various hotel rooms — has pled guilty to one count of interstate stalking and faces up to five years in prison, three years probation and a $250,000 fine.

A statement from his attorney read, “Mr. Barrett accepts full responsibility for his conduct. He apologizes to Ms. Andrews, and expresses his deep regret for his conduct that caused her so much pain. It is his sincere hope that these events can now become an opportunity to make positive changes in his life.”

According to a report from TMZ, Erin Andrews wants her stalker to “stay in jail as long as possible” — because she claims Michael David Barrett “is a threat to women everywhere” and has “done this to other women.”  When asked to speak in court to the Judge, Andrews said, “I have nightmares about the sexual predator. I hope he never sees the light of day so no one else has to deal with this.”

Barrett’s sentencing is scheduled for February 22. Erin said to the judge, “He put the videos on the internet for the world to see. I have been humiliated and embarrassed.”

Erin also said since the tapes were released, she’s been subjected to “crude comments … and fans at sporting events say obscene things to me.”
Erin and her attorney Marshall Grossman just addressed the media outside of court, where Grossman backed Erin’s statement by saying “there are well over a dozen other women who have been surreptitiously filmed and stalked by Mr. Barrett.”

Erin said it was “difficult” facing her stalker today in court — but she wants to raise awareness in women about situations like hers … and wants changes to be made in hotel policies so this doesn’t happen to anyone else.