Erin Andrews Stalker Asked For, and Received, a Guest Room Next to Hers
Last Friday, the creepy stalker who videotaped sexy ESPN reporter Erin Andrews through a peephole in her hotel room was found, arrested and charged with one count of interstate stalking using harassing and intimidating surveillance. But it turns out, Michael David Barrett wasn't just a clever predator on the hunt for his prey. Oh no, he had some help from the hotel.
A lawyer for ESPN blasted the management at Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University for failing to protect Andrews. The reason why? Computer records show that Barrett requested and was given a room next to Andrews and that their rooms were located in an alcove off the main hallways. It even shows up on the computer records as "GST RQST TO RM NXT TO [Andrews]." So much for guest safety and privacy, huh?
Marriott's spokesman John Wolfe told the LA Times that "The security and privacy of our guests is a priority." He also added that Marriott cooperated with the investigation. Normally, a hotel is not supposed to place one guest next to another guest unless there is a reservation asking for adjacent rooms. So it's plausible that Barrett told a great fib to someone at the front desk or maybe he just greased them a little bit instead.
Either way, we hope that Marriott and hotels around the world freshen up their training programs to focus on this issue.
[Photo: AP]
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