THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009
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ENTERTAINMENT
Nude video of reporter leaked
BY PAT EATON-ROBB
Associated Press
BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was secretly video-taped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room and the video was posted on the Internet, her attorney and the network said.
The blurry, five-minute video shows a nude blond woman standing in front of a hotel room mirror. It's unknown when or where it was shot.
Andrews' attorney, Marshall Grossman, said the 31-year-old reporter planned to seek criminal charges and file civil lawsuits against the unknown cameraman and anyone who publishes the material.
"While alone in the privacy of her hotel room, Erin Andrews was surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent," Grossman said in the statement. "She was the victim of a crime and is taking action to protect herself and help ensure that others are not similarly violated in the future."
A woman answering the phone Tuesday at Grossman's office said he would have no further comment.
Andrews 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, Andrews 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.
She last appeared on the network as part of its ESPY Awards broadcast on Sunday, and is scheduled to be off until September, when she will be covering college football, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.
"Erin has been grievously wronged here," Krulewitz said. "Our people and resources are in full support of her as she deals with this abhorrent act."
It was not clear when the video first appeared on the Internet. Most of the links to it had been removed by Tuesday.
Ephraim Cohen, a spokesman for the video portal Dailymotion, could not confirm the video had actually appeared on his company's site, but said it may have been there months ago.
He said a search for the name of the user who purportedly uploaded the video showed the person had opened an account in February, but had since closed it.
"As far as we can tell, the user took the account and the video down a while ago," he said.
Graham Cluley, who writes a blog for the antivirus software maker Sophos, wrote that several links
ASSOCIATED PRESS
This is a July 15, file photo showing Erin Andrews arriving at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. ESPN reporter Erin Andrews' attorney and the network say she was surreptitiously videotaped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room.
purporting to send Internet users to the Andrews video actually sent them to sites with malicious software and computer viruses.
He said some of the hackers actually include a portion of the video on their sites, apparently hoping that the malware gets passed along as users share the link with friends.
Dodgers player passes Mickey Mantle record
MLB
LOS ANGELES — Manny Ramirez moved past Mickey
Mantle and into 15th place on the career home run list.
Mantle is the ninth Hall of Famer Ramirez passed on the all-time list since the start of last season.
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