Erin Andrew as the real winner
March 8 2016 By Abiodun Giwa
Erin
On Monday, the jury awarded Erin Andrew $55 million against Marriott Hotel and Michael Barret, the man who video taped Erin Andrew in her hotel room in Nashville, through the peephole and the video released for public viewing.
News report said that the hotel will pay about $27 million and the video man will pay $28 million.
"I have been honored by all the support from victims around the world. Their outreach has helped me be able to stand up and hold accountable those whose job it is to protect everyone's safety, security and privacy," Erin said after the judgment.
When Erin went to Nashville, she may not have had any thought that a development that will lead to her becoming a millionaire will happen. She was reportedly in her room, unaware that a stalker, who became the video man was deliberately booking a room next to her own room, with intent to do the unthinkable - video the nakedness of a news reporter for public viewing.
The hotel had said that it was not aware of Barret's intentions and that Barret's getting a room next to Erin was not deliberate. One TMZ news report said that Barret had already pleaded guilty for interstate stalking and has spent two years in jail. What does Erin's experience remind the public about Barret, Journalism and the new technology? The Paparazzi and the terror like ways against the celebrities, and the carelessness of the effect of their daring to careless photograph whether or not children are involved. And people are asking that how on earth would anyone do what Barret had done to Erin and for what reason and purpose?
These are some of the questions that are mostly asked by student journalists in Media Relations and the Law of Journalism and Ethics classes. No student journalist will understand why paparazzi practitioners will go the length to take people's photographs without their consent and with such photographs having no public importance of any sort. It is why people are saying that Erin is the real winner in her case against Barret and the Marriott, and hoping that the judgment in favor of Erin will teach other overzealous people in photography a lesson about claiming to be journalists without the prerequisite training.
News report said that the hotel will pay about $27 million and the video man will pay $28 million.
"I have been honored by all the support from victims around the world. Their outreach has helped me be able to stand up and hold accountable those whose job it is to protect everyone's safety, security and privacy," Erin said after the judgment.
When Erin went to Nashville, she may not have had any thought that a development that will lead to her becoming a millionaire will happen. She was reportedly in her room, unaware that a stalker, who became the video man was deliberately booking a room next to her own room, with intent to do the unthinkable - video the nakedness of a news reporter for public viewing.
The hotel had said that it was not aware of Barret's intentions and that Barret's getting a room next to Erin was not deliberate. One TMZ news report said that Barret had already pleaded guilty for interstate stalking and has spent two years in jail. What does Erin's experience remind the public about Barret, Journalism and the new technology? The Paparazzi and the terror like ways against the celebrities, and the carelessness of the effect of their daring to careless photograph whether or not children are involved. And people are asking that how on earth would anyone do what Barret had done to Erin and for what reason and purpose?
These are some of the questions that are mostly asked by student journalists in Media Relations and the Law of Journalism and Ethics classes. No student journalist will understand why paparazzi practitioners will go the length to take people's photographs without their consent and with such photographs having no public importance of any sort. It is why people are saying that Erin is the real winner in her case against Barret and the Marriott, and hoping that the judgment in favor of Erin will teach other overzealous people in photography a lesson about claiming to be journalists without the prerequisite training.
