[CHRONIC] ESPN's Andrews secretly videotaped nude in hotel

you're stupid and dumb

 

Why? Its just a discussion about a current event, it would be like one about the jackson head on fire tape or the lebron getting dunked on tape. As long as no images or video of this one is posted, its all good. Don't know why some really want to argue about the topic though

No one here knows who did it or why ESPN is promoting the story on their site. My feeling about it is that it was done without her permission, but she might be using it to get national exposer. All I know is if that was my wife and she was a public figure, I would want her to deny it was her and maybe try to work with the authorities in private if even thought. From the video, it just looked like your average good looking blonde, she could have denied it and no one would care about it except for the pervs that are into that kind of crap.

 

Thats funny right there!

 

Hypothetically speaking, are the chances of catching the perp and successfully pursuing legal recourse any greater if ESPN and attorney's identified her as the party (like they did) or if they denied it and worked with the authorities in private?

 

I think this would work well for you, thacabbage

 

Oh, I don't think it'll be too hard. They know her hotel room #. There can only be one other room with the vantage point you see from the video. Verify it physically to see if their is a peep hole. Find out who has accessed the room. Unless they broke in there is likely a key card and access logs. Cross reference with the other videos found on the internet, etc.

 

But my question was,

Are the chances of justice ANY GREATER by ESPN's identifying her? Did they do this to help their case? For greater public interest and pressure on the perp? Just to scare the per(p/v)?

 

my question is..is there better quality video of this? if ur gonna go through the trouble of recording it through a peephole..hell make it HD..haha

 

Oh sorry. I kinda trailed off towards the end of your question and didn't read it all.
First of all, from what I understand, she and her lawyer responded first to the incident. Maybe I remember the time line wrong. Regardless, I'm not sure if there is a better chance now or not. I would say yes because I can't see how it's hurt. But I can see how the public interest could have helped. Maybe the ladies in the other videos come forward. Maybe the guy's coworkers, etc.

 

Haha, while I'm sure all the fanboys echo your sentiments, I think most pervs probably can't afford those newfangled HD camera phones.....



shamelessly jacked from Rock3t Man's post in thread with pictures 2.0

 

http://www.nypost.com/seven/0721200...ottie_erin_andrews_in_peep_shocker_180520.htm

 

Is it possible she could sue the Post?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_sp_ot/us_espn_andrews_video



HARTFORD, Conn. – ESPN banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming on Wednesday after the newspaper published photos this week taken from a video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room.

The Post published three images from the blurry video Tuesday.

"While we understand the Post's decision to cover this as a news story, their running photos obtained in such a fashion went well beyond the boundaries of common decency in the interest of sensationalism," ESPN senior vice president of communications Chris LaPlaca said in a statement Wednesday night.

Newspaper reporters are regular guests on ESPN shows.

Post spokesman Howard Rubenstein did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

The Post was one of several TV networks and newspapers that aired or published images from the video, which Andrews' attorney says was shot without her knowledge. Andrews plans to seek criminal charges and file civil lawsuits against the person who shot the video and anyone who publishes the material, attorney Marshall Grossman said.

Kelly McBride, a journalism ethics expert with the Florida-based Poynter Institute, said it was unethical for news organizations to show images from the Andrews video.

"There is some illegally obtained material, leaked documents or video of a CIA person torturing a soldier, or stuff taken out of Gitmo, that I think has great public importance," McBride said. "But this doesn't do that at all.

"I actually do believe in giving the audience what they want to certain restraints, and I think this clearly crosses that line," she said. "I don't think with a straight face you could justify this on journalistic grounds."

The blurry, five-minute video shows Andrews standing in front of a hotel room mirror, fixing her hair in the nude. It's unknown when or where it was shot.

Andrews, 31, has covered hockey, college football, college basketball and Major League Baseball for the network since 2004, often as a sideline reporter during games.

A former dance team member at the University of Florida, she was something of an Internet sensation even before the video's circulation. She has been referred to as "Erin Pageviews" because of the traffic that video clips and photos of her generate, and Playboy magazine named her "sexiest sportscaster" in both 2008 and 2009.

It was not clear when the video first appeared on the Internet. Most of the links to it had been removed by Tuesday.

Every state but Iowa now has some law on the books dealing with video voyeurism, according to the National Center for Victims of Crime.

"With people disseminating these images over the Internet, there is a potential for people to abuse the victim again and again," said Ilse Knecht, the center's deputy director for public policy. "States have begun to recognize that it's not just some guy taking a picture and looking at it in a dark room."

Many of the state laws are based on a 2004 federal statute that prohibits recording anyone's "private areas" without consent under circumstances where the victim has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Penalties vary in each state, ranging from fines to several years in prison. Connecticut's law can result in up to five years in prison.

Knecht said several states, including New York, have laws prohibiting people from disseminating these images. Knecht said it's not clear whether that applies to the media.

"If they knew at the time that the conduct was unlawful, then it's kind of sketchy," she said.

 

ESPN complaining about sensationalism ... how rich.

 

Do they make peepholes one-way to where you can only see out but noone can see in? Seems strange to be able to look in as well. That is not how it should work.

 

I can't believe so many people are acting like Erin Andrews is some kind of a feminine gem. She's a masculine featured alpha woman. America worships her for not being obese and conducting herself professionally, but she would be a nobody in Europe. Do we not know what skinny women look like naked here?

 

Yes we know what skinny women look like. It's all about the celebrity status. We'd watch video of Barbara Walters brushing her hair nude if it were available and don't say we wouldn't.

 

It's kind of hard not to agree with that.

 

I'd watch it, but I wouldn't enjoy it.

 

To me it depends on the girl, I could care less about celebrity status. That's just perverted, so you'd like to watch videotape of every girl you interact with on a frequent basis (or watch on a frequent basis, ala celebrities) walking around nude? Enjoyment comes from going for the kill, not watching from the bushes.

 

"You've seen one girl naked, you want to see the rest of them naked."

-Ron White.