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Feds: Erin Andrews Stalker Targeted 46 Other Women

Michael Barrett taped 16, ran checks on 30 more

By the Associated Press

Posted Feb 9, 2010 7:34 PM CST

(AP) – Federal prosecutors say the man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 others, including female sports reporters and TV personalities. According to a sentencing memo filed yesterday, Internet background checks Michael Barrett conducted can produce birthdays and home addresses, but it's unclear what information he obtained and how he may have used it.

Barrett has pleaded guilty to interstate stalking and agreed to a 27-month prison sentence. A judge is scheduled to sentence him March 8. The filing notes that Andrews wants the 48-year-old insurance executive to pay her more than $300,000 in restitution.

Michael Barrett is awaiting sentencing for stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews.
Michael Barrett is awaiting sentencing for stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews.   (AP Photo)
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pg13
Feb 10, 2010 12:37 PM CST
I bet you're hoping there's video of it too.
Disillusioned
Feb 10, 2010 2:17 AM CST
The really sick part? There are probably hundreds and possibly thousands of people both male as well as female who do just this sort of thing each day, they abuse their power and run checks on people just to serve their own purpose and they go unchecked. I know a retired Police officer who heads a 911 call center who does this routinely, he see's "someone" who perks his interests and he runs the checks, if he wants more info he has a State Trooper who is at his disposal 24/7 and everyone looks the other way due to the power and influence this guy wields....
deeezy
Feb 10, 2010 1:46 AM CST
this really solidifies my opinion that insurance salesmen are sleezballs. I hope this dude gets his peephole violated too....in prison.

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