Erin Andrews Marie Claire Interview

See: "The Haunting of Erin Andrews":

"Just saw your video. Wow, you are on fire doing your hair naked!"

That's an incoming tweet to Erin Andrews. It hits her iPhone while she's on a trip to Tennessee, preparing to host a country-music benefit for tornado victims. She gets about a dozen such tweets a day — continual reminders of the video that went viral two years ago this summer, when a stalker removed the peephole of her hotel-room door, then stood in the hallway and filmed her for several minutes in the nude ...


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How did you cope psychologically with the knowledge that strangers would be seeing you in the nude?

That was the hardest thing. Despite what I do for a living, I am very insecure about my body. I don't have a complex, but for every woman — I don't care who you are — there's a part of your body you have issues with. It was my body, and I didn't have a choice of how many people got to see it. What people don't understand is that while I wasn't physically touched, I was violated.

The day that I got the phone call that this was on the Internet, I didn't want to get undressed. I didn't change my clothes for two or three days. I was so screwed up. I was disgusted with myself; I was disgusted with my body, with being naked, and that everybody saw that it was me. I stopped going to my gym for six or seven months because I was afraid of people seeing me working out. I had this mind-set of, "Oh, my gosh, everybody's seen me naked and they're going to think to themselves, She should be so embarrassed."

The first site to run the video was in Europe. Then a sports blog linked to it — and rumors spread that you might have been behind the whole thing.

Yes, the perception right away was: She's doing this as a sex tape. She's doing this for publicity. News sites claimed they showed the video because it was "news." These news outlets were having so much fun with it. The New York Post put the images from the video up on the front page. The Early Show played clips on their show. Fox News showed stills. It was disgusting. My poor dad was watching this. He had to go on medication, he was so upset watching what was happening to his daughter.

Bill O'Reilly also played snippets, in fact. He defended it as news reporting when called out. Oh boy, those were the days. Cynthia Yockey is still mad, but not really about Erin Andrews (she attacks conservatives for being against gay marriage, which is lame, since you can't really be conservative and be for gay marriage, hint, hint). And Cassandra's no longer blogging, tsk, tsk. That said, I'd do things differently the second time around. Live and learn.

Hat Tip: Smitty @ The Other McCain.

ADDED: Carol at No Sheeples also pulled the plug. Not sure why, but in the end intra-ideological flame wars are often more damaging than attacking the progressive nihilists. Saber Point has more: "'No Sheeples Here' Missed on Independence Day."

Erin Andrews Tweets Kate Upton from MLB's Celebrity All-Star Softball Game

Looks like fun.

Erin Andrews' tweet is here. And one more, an Andrews solo pic, here.

Kate Upton responds here. Plus, a brief little video here.

And at Sports Illustrated: "Kate Upton at MLB's All-Star Celebrity Softball Game."

Bleacher Report is impressed: "Kate Upton Takes over the Sports Universe Once Again."

RELATED: At Arizona Republic, "Stars, pros share fun at All-Star Celebrity Softball Game."

Erin Andrews Vanity Fair Photo Shoot

Some midweek hotness with Erin Andrews.

PREVIOUSLY: "Erin Andrews in the News."

BONUS: Looking forward to some FMRA at The Other McCain this weekend. Bob Belvedere wasn't waiting, however: "A Little Hump Day Rule 5: Margaret Nolan." And at Washington Rebel: "Irreverent?"

Erin Andrews in the News

In case you missed the latest on Erin Andrews, see: "Erin Andrews to join Robin Roberts on Good Morning America," "Erin Andrews files lawsuit against peeping Tom and hotels," and, "Erin Andrews’ replacement: ESPN’s Jenn Brown carving her own path."

I can't stand "The Examiner," but this piece is quite informed, "ESPN's Erin Andrews vs. Jenn Brown: Who says sexy doesn't mean successful in sports?"

For myself, I'm infinitely impressed with Erin Andrews. She went through a nightmare that perhaps no one else has endured in our sex-obsessed culture. She's capitalized on some of the exposure, and she's made some risky but productive choices in appearances and style. It all seems to be working out well, and she's getting promoted for much more than any sympathy votes in response to the generalized inhumane media treatment of her last year.

An interesting and talented women. Hats off to Erin Andrews.

Erin Andrews' Hot Tango on DWTS

I've barely watched this season, but this was pretty darned good (and yes, she's hot):

Death Threats Won't Keep Erin Andrews From 'Dancing With the Stars'

Erin Andrews was threatened with murder last week. See Fox News, "Death Threats Made Against ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews." And LAT, "Erin Andrews has been receiving death threats; FBI has identified sender."

But the resilient ESPN reporter's not giving up the game. See PopEater, "Quitting 'Not an Option' For Erin Andrews." And at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Dancing's Erin Andrews Trying to 'Be All Va-Va-Voom'":

It's no surprise that Erin Andrews feels unnatural on Dancing with the Stars — not because she has never danced, but because she's a self-described tomboy. "I'm sitting here looking at my face and seeing what all this makeup has done to me. It's like, 'Aaahh!'" she tells TVGuide.com. "There are just some things that you're not used to." The ESPN reporter, who will compete despite receiving death threats, is also not used to playing a character, but is determined to show off some acting skills in Monday's waltz. See who's been helping her out, why Dancing has been a "perfect release" after everything she's been through, and if Maksim Chmerkovskiy really does smell amazing.

There's an interview at the link.

RELATED: The incorrigible Robert Stacy McCain's coming out of celebrity blogger retirement, "Celebrity Meltdown Update."

BONUS: Theo Spark, "Monday Mopsies ..."

Erin Andrews Back on the Sidelines

I noticed Erin Andrews doing the sideline reporting at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Wednesday night. Plus, I'm watching the Pittsburgh-Miami game on CBS right now. (Added: "Steelers Defeat Dolphins 30-24 in Miami.") Sony Bravia's recent ad buy ran during the first half. I'm reminded me of this excellent piece I saw on Andrews' sportscasting career the other day, "ESPN's Erin Andrews Trying to Retrieve Old Self." She'll always be a super-hot focus of the paparazzi, but sportswriters will do her a favor with more straight reporting like this:

Sometimes the best thing a reporter can do is just stand still, blend into the surroundings. And wait. And watch. And wait some more.

It was two years ago in the middle of November in Tucson, Ariz. Erin Andrews had been alerted in her ESPN production meetings with anchors Chris Fowler and Craig James that the Oregon quarterback bore watching. Dennis Dixon was, by most accounts, leading the race for the Heisman Trophy. His Ducks had beaten USC and, despite a loss, were No. 2 in the BCS rankings.

But Dixon was hurt. The blazing fast but spindly QB had partially torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee two weeks earlier. And though he was allowed to play at Arizona, Fowler and James had heard the knee was shaky.

Sure enough, Dixon went down on a scramble early in the game. He hobbled to the sidelines and received treatment.

This is where a sideline reporter either earns his or her money – or doesn't. Every second counts, and is being counted, back in the studio. Viewers want to know what's up – now.

As she usually does, Andrews earned her keep that night. “James calls me 'the little flea,'” Andrews said during a Monday phone interview from her home in Atlanta. “Trainers can try to hide injuries. I don't care. I'll go around the other way. I love it. It's kind of like I'm snooping, like I'm a detective."

On this night, the UO people were not all that restrictive. But there are certain borders that cannot be crossed, even by personnel from the Disney corporation that pays handsomely for the right to have them on the sideline. Andrews had to wait and watch.

“Arizona's winning this game but I'm not even on their sideline because this kid who was leading the Heisman race was down. This became our story. I don't leave his side. I stood behind him and watched every interaction he had.

“I watched the trainer. I watched [UO coach] Mike Bellotti come over and his reaction. Those were my reports: 'You can see it on his face. He's upset. He's frustrated. He hasn't even moved to try to loosen up.' Those were the hints I could give. Because the guys upstairs couldn't see that. And we couldn't have a camera on Dennis Dixon the whole time.”

Finally, Andrews got the payoff she was waiting for – the smoking gun that Dixon was done:

“There was a moment where the trainer came over and he got big tears in his eyes. And I said to the producer, 'Holy crap. Come to me! Come to me! The trainer just got tears in his eyes. This kid's done. And he's done for the year.'”

Andrews never did get anything official from Oregon. But all she needed to do was relate what she saw. She told viewers moments later that there was no official update. But that the UO trainer had just given Dixon a big hug and was crying.

“I just left it at that. And Chris and Craig just said, 'Wow.'”

For a sideline gig, it was a remarkably static night, standing in one place for half an hour. Much more often, Andrews does whatever's necessary. Running from one side of the field to the other. Sticking her head near assistants' sideline huddles to overhear chalk talks. Reading lips.

“For everybody who thinks it's all fluff and 'They're not needed,' I would love them to come down and try it and see,” she said. “I'm a marathon runner down there.

My previous exclusive coverage of Erin Andrews is here.

Erin Andrews Video: 'I hope He Never Sees the Light of Day'

Erin Andrews mini-interview at LAX, "Andrews on Stalker - Throw Away the Key!":

Erin Andrews Confronts Peephole Stalker in Court

At the New York Daily News, "ESPN beauty Erin Andrews wants maximum sentence for her convicted stalker Michael Barrett":

Sportscasting siren Erin Andrews faced her convicted stalker in court for the first time and pleaded with a judge to show him no mercy.

The ESPN beauty broke down in tears Tuesday when she first spotted peephole perv Michael Barrett.

Minutes later, the Illinois insurance executive stood before a federal judge and admitted he hunted Andrews down at hotels in three cities and shot naked videos that he posted online.

"I am a victim of this sexual predator. I would like to see him immediately put in prison for as long as possible," Andrews, 31, told the judge.

She said she fears for her safety as long as he's free.

"I have nightmares," she told the court.

"I walk in crowds and I see him in my peripheral vision. When I'm alone in my house, I have fears that he's going to walk inside and hurt me.

"I don't know him. I've never met him. I don't know why he chose me. But I hope he never sees the light of day again."

Barrett, 48, faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced Feb. 22. His plea agreement recommends about two years. Andrews wants the maximum.

"My career has been ripped apart, which I've worked very hard for," she told Judge Manuel Real.

"I am subjected to crude comments and suggestions that I have partnered in a crime," she continued. "I walk into stadiums, and fans say obscene things to me."

Barrett avoided eye contact with Andrews and pleaded guilty to one felony count of stalking.

He admitted he secretly rigged peepholes at hotels in Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin in 2008 and secretly shot the videos.

Andrews said outside court that she's coping by throwing herself back into work.

She said she puts on her broadcast headphones and blocks out everything but the football game she's covering.

"Day by day, it's getting better," Andrews said.

My previous coverage of the Andrews case is here.

Peephole Stalker to Plead Guilty in Erin Andrews Case

Here's Deadspin's headline, "Michael David Barrett Will Be Doing His Peeping In Federal Prison."

It's interesting that Deadspin would only devote two sentences to the story. Readers may recall that, way back in July, it was Deadspin that first sent the Andrews peephole story into orbit. All kinds of recriminations followed. Sports columnist Jason Whitlock once ripped into the webzine, suggesting that:

Deadspin has been the world-wide leader in sexually objectifying Erin Andrews (ESPN actually trails Deadspin in this category) and in invading the privacy of athletes and members of the sports media, so it is not all that surprising that its editor, AJ Daulerio, would throw the match on gasoline poured by a peephole pervert. Daulerio has since apologized, sort of. Daulerio's original enabler and co-conspirator, Will Leitch, the former editor of Deadspin, offered his apology on Tuesday.

The Daulerio "apology" is here: "Sometimes This World Is A Horrible Place To Live." He writes:

If this story becomes covered in the mainstream media — chances are it will, that press release went out everywhere; even the French are intrigued— there's inevitably going to be some backlash against the sports blogosphere. Unfortunately, we'll get hit pretty hard if some blog-centric finger-pointing ensues as to why this happened. Considering the enormous amount of coverage we've devoted to Erin Andrews throughout, oh, the site's existence, we're obviously an easy target if that type of Princess Diana-paparazzi discussion takes place.

To be fair, both during my time as editor and Emeritus' time, most of our coverage has been tongue-in-cheek — covering the coverage of America's Sideline Princess. Some people get that, others don't, and see any and all coverage of Erin Andrews as exploitative and voyeuristic in its own way. But it's important for people to know that I don't think anybody who's been part of the Erin Andrews pageview gravy train thinks what's happened is funny or is elated that this will be good for business. Will this change things? It has to. If covering Erin Andrews made this site — and plenty of other sites — look like pandering fools, any cheesecake coverage from here on out creates an additional, unnecessary layer of sleaze.

Regardless, this is a different, legitimate news story now — this isn't her getting whacked in the chin with a baseball, or her wearing a revealing dress to the ESPYs, or college kids posing for photos with her or her eating a sandwich. This is real and disorienting and just frighteningly sad. I apologize for posting the site's address in the initial story — I was unaware that, even though the videos were taken down, people could get access to them.

Will Leitch's apology was more to the point, and truly remorseful, "Erin Andrews and Guilt, Imagined and Otherwise":

I have never met Erin Andrews. If I ran into her on the street today ... I'm not sure I could look her in the eye. I'm not sure anybody could.

This kind of extremely guttural angst lasted for more than a week. I had my share, of course, because I linked to the peephole viddy (initially). It was a mistake, and amid a raging backlash, I took it down. (I have a Google link to my Erin Andrews reporting). But within days the major media were posting snippets of the videos during mainstream news reports. CBS took down its video, but during the broadcast, while court TV analyst Lisa Bloom decried the sexism (similtaneously arguing the perp wouldn't be caught, due to the impossibility of the technology), video clips splashed Andrews' flesh across big screens nationwide. Bill O'Reilly ran raw images as well (always the best comeback to folks who attack "conservatives" for jerking the story for traffic.)

Anyway, it's been a while. And now with another huge scandal rocking the sports world in the Tiger Woods story, it'd be silly to say that we won't have another "innocence lost" angle as we did in the Andrews case. (See, "Sleaze has been the undisputed champion of the sports world for 2009.")

See also, "Man pleads guilty to stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews."

Michael David Barrett, Alleged Erin Andrews Stalker, Gets Bail and House Arrest (VIDEO)

My earlier report is here, "Arrest in Erin Andrews Nude Video Case: Press Release, 'I Will Make Every Effort to Protect Victims of Criminal Stalking'.'

I guess the guy's dangerous enough for house arrest, "Suspected ESPN Video Voyeur Granted Bail":

A magistrate judge on Monday granted bail for an Illinois man accused of surreptitiously taping sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude and posting the videos on the Internet.

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was allegedly stalked by a man who posted nude videos of her on the Internet.

Michael David Barrett, 48, will return to California to face a federal charge of interstate stalking.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys agreed Barrett would be released on bail. However, Keys ordered that Barrett be confined to his home and subject to electronic monitoring, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Barrett, an insurance company employee from Westmont, Illinois, is accused of taping Andrews, an ESPN reporter, while she was nude in two hotel rooms. He then made seven videos that he posted on the Internet, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.

Barrett was arrested Friday at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. He will appear in court in Los Angeles, California, on October 23, according to a statement from prosecutors in Los Angeles.

Authorities believe most of the videos were made at a Nashville, Tennessee, hotel in September 2008. The peephole into Andrews' room was altered with a hacksaw, and the images appeared to have been taken with a cell phone camera, the complaint said.

Investigators found in hotel records that Barrett had requested and received a room adjacent to Andrews' and used his home address to register for it.

Barrett allegedly attempted to sell the videos to celebrity gossip site TMZ in January 2009. TMZ did not purchase the photos, but employees of the Web site assisted in the investigation, providing information to Andrews' attorneys, authorities said. However, Barrett posted the videos to other Web sites, the criminal complaint said, with labels like "Sexy and hot blonde sports celebrity shows us her all."

"The e-mail (sent to TMZ) was linked to Barrett through a number of methods," the statement from Los Angeles prosecutors said.

Investigators found that Barrett reserved a room at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hotel where Andrews was staying in July 2008 but never checked in, according to the complaint and prosecutors' statement. "However, the peephole on the door where the victim stayed during that trip was altered in a similar way to the peephole found in the Nashville hotel," the statement said.

See also, the Chicago-Sun Times, "Man Accused of Stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews Allowed Bail: But Westmont Man to Be Kept on Home Confinement." And, from the New York Post, "Andrews Suspect Out on Bail, Eyed Other Women":

The accused peeping tom who allegedly stalked ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews and uploaded her images on the Internet also spied on other women, federal prosecutors said today.

Following the hearing, a judge ruled that Michael David Barrett, 48, would have to post $4,500 bond, wear an electronic monitoring device and be barred from accessing the Internet on his computer or cell phone once he is released.

Read The Criminal Complaint Against David Barrett

Read The Search Warrant

Read The Search Warrant Affidavit

Barrett must also obey a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Plus, the Los Angeles Times, "Alleged Stalker of ESPN's Erin Andrews Ordered to Appear in L.A. Court."

Click here for my previous reports.

Arrest in Erin Andrews Nude Video Case: Press Release, 'I Will Make Every Effort to Protect Victims of Criminal Stalking'

I've been meaning to write about Erin Andrews again. Her interview last month with Orprah Winfrey was especially interesting. See, "ESPN's Erin Andrews Speaks Out."

Even more interesting was the August story at Fanhouse on the foot-dragging progress in the Erin Andrews investigation, "Where's the Truth in Erin Andrews Saga?" For as distraught as Erin Andrews has been --- no one should be violated as she was --- Fanhouse rightly questions whether Andrews' squeaky-clean image is fully justified:

The only thing we've seen of Andrews since late July was a photo spread in GQ. It was shot pre-peephole and was harmless enough.

Well, there was one picture of her standing on top of a Gatorade cooler wearing a tight black skirt. She was surrounded by football players dying to quench their thirsts. You can be sure the photo was not approved by the Association for Women in Sports Media.

As for hearing anything from Andrews, all we've gotten is the tape of an emergency 911 call. Paparazzi were lurking outside her Atlanta-area home, and she was not happy."I did nothing wrong and I'm being treated like (bleeping) Britney Spears and it sucks," Andrews told the operator.

Note to Erin: If you want to stop being treated like Britney Spears, perhaps you should stop posing on top of Gatorade coolers surrounded by tongue-wagging young men.

The Fanhouse piece was the best analysis available in recent weeks. Andrews' interview with Oprah was riveting television, but given her own comfort with posing for suggestive photo displays in mens' magazines, folks might want to reconsider Christine Brennan's suggestion that Andrews deserved it. Of course, I don't think she did --- I repeat, I don't think she did --- but if Andrews wants to continue her aggressive PR agenda as the girl next door, it's hardly helpful to be seen in a locker room with lurking mud-smeared jocks ogling her body.

In any case, check TMZ for the more on the arrest, "Arrest Made in Erin Andrews Peeping Tom":

TMZ has learned an arrest has been made in the Erin Andrews Peeping Tom case -- the one in which the ESPN reporter was secretly videotaped walking around naked in various hotel rooms ... and the suspect has been charged with the federal crime of felony stalking.

48-year-old Michael David Barrett was arrested at Chicago O'Hare International Airport tonight.

According to the FBI, Barrett allegedly stalked Erin "with the intent to harass, to place under surveillance with intent to harass and intimidate, and to cause substantial emotional distress to a person in another state."

See also, Wizbang Pop, "Arrest Made In Erin Andrews Nude Video Case." And, the Los Angeles Times, "Man Arrested in Erin Andrews Nude Video Case."

Plus, the press release from Andrews' law firm, Bingham McCutchen: "Statement on Behalf of Erin Andrews":

"Today's action by the FBI is a welcome step in bringing this investigation to a successful close. We made it clear in our original statement issued on July 17, that we were determined to press criminal charges against those responsible for the invasion of Erin's privacy when alone in her hotel room. Erin and her attorneys have been working closely with the United States Attorney, the FBI in Los Angeles and the private investigation firm of Kroll, Inc. since mid-July to investigate and reveal the full facts surrounding this matter. It is now clear that she was the victim of stalking and invasion of privacy at more than one location. She was not a random victim. She was targeted and violated.

Upon learning of today's events, Andrews said: "I am deeply grateful to Assistant United States Attorney Wes Hsu and Special Agents for their dedicated service; and to ESPN for its support during this difficult time. I hope that today's action will help the countless others who have been similarly victimized. For my part, I will make every effort to strengthen the laws on a State and Federal level to better protect victims of criminal stalking. I am also grateful to those who have expressed their concerns and good wishes for my family and me."

According to attorney Marshall Grossman, "Erin deserves significant credit for the progress made in solving this case. She has worked side by side with law enforcement to reconstruct the events and provide leads which have led directly to today's action. She is committed to seeing this through and do all she can to create a deterrent to others who would even consider engaging in this type of vile conduct in the future.

Click here for my previous reports.

Erin Andrews Video Scandal: The Sexism/Sports Culture Connection; Demand for Peephole Glimpse Still High, Maybe Not ESPN After All!

From the St. Petersburg Times, "Was Erin Andrews Video Born From a Sexist Sports Journalism Culture?":

That uproar you heard this week over a nude video of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews isn't just fan boys salivating over explicit pictures of sports media's biggest sex symbol splashed across cyberspace.

Indeed, that blurry video, taken illegally with a peephole camera as Andrews primped herself in a hotel room, has wrenched the sports world into an uncomfortable discussion: Just what role does the industry play in the mass marketing of female journalists' sex appeal?

And as the issues percolate, a reporter with growing fame as an object of beauty has found her privacy ripped away by a creep with a camera and an Internet connection.

"I think all of us in the media have fostered this culture, in the hopes of driving more people to our networks, our columns and our radio shows," said CBS Sports reporter Lesley Visser, a 30-year veteran recently named No. 1 female sportscaster by the American Sportscasters Association, in an e-mail to the St. Petersburg Times.

"Every woman in this business has dealt with unwanted attention, but this culture makes it more difficult," Visser added. "Erin's America is the merger of a beautiful woman and a lawless Internet."

In the way only a juicy media scandal can, coverage of the sizzling controversy has burned some news outlets. The New York Post and CBS News in particular have taken criticism for showing images from the video, earning their own audience spikes while ruthlessly re-victimizing the sportscaster.

Also, more on that. See Rochelle Nikita, at Associated Content, "Erin Andrews Peephole Videos and Erin Andrews Peephole Pictures: Setting the Record Straight":

So let's get one thing straight about people searching for Erin Andrews peephole videos, peephole pictures, Rapidshare links, and so forth. They think if you take Erin Andrews' side in the peephole incident, you're a feminist, and a sad excuse for one at that. If you think she got what friend. What's that all about?

I typically try not to go the extra mile to insult my readers. But if they think insults in my direction are going to change my mind about Erin Andrews, they can forget about it.

Now I'll admit, Erin Andrews wasn't necessarily doing all she could to prevent something like this. For one, standing naked in your hotel room for several minutes (unless you're hired for a few nights by a United States governor) is not typical for most women I know ....

But one thing is for sure: just because I defend Erin Andrews a little bit does not mean I am a feminist. Far from it, actually. But do I recommend other women act like Erin Andrews? Hardly. I hope you're a little smarter. Erin might have brains when it comes to journalism and reporting, but evidently not too much common sense. You'd think anyone would know better than to wear their birthday suit while curling their hair and ironing their pants. It's a burn hazard.

And that's from a woman! Looks like Christine Brennan's not the only one spouting that line.

Indeed, this feminist writer takes issue with Brennan (and calls her a "sexist"):

I found this article (that is an excellent example of intelligent feminist commentary) which shares Brennan's catty comments on Erin Andrews. Everything she had to say was like one rape myth after another: she was asking for it because she is sexy, it was her fault for flirting with men, next time she should be more responsible, etc, etc. My question to you is, why do women constantly feel the need to show a difference between women who are victimized and themselves? Erin is being blamed for the crime committed against her, for the same reasons all attractive women are when they are harassed, abused or attacked in some way. According to the masses, because of the face they were born with, the way they wear their hair, and the clothes on their back, women, and especially attractive women, were "asking for it." I think humans have this desperate need, when something horrible like this happens, to find some reason why it could never happen to THEM. In actuality, sex crimes can be committed against anyone, regardless of how they dress, how pretty they are, or even how visible they are - because sex crimes aren't about any of these things; they are about power. They are crimes of opportunity, and crimes of insecurity. Sex crimes do not happen because of anything a woman did or did not do; they happen because she simply exists.

I had dismissed Erin's story as something I was going to write about until I saw the Salon.com article and realized that Erin's story is my story, and your story, and the story of, to quote Gloria Steinem, any woman who "chooses to behave like a full human being." Erin has been met by the armies of the status quo and needs her sisterhood, but unfortunately, it seems in this case her peers are the status quo. When will we stop pointing fingers at each other and put the blame where it belongs – SOLELY on the people, mostly men, who commit these crimes against us? Are we too afraid of sounding like feminists to actually be one? Where is Erin's sisterhood now that she needs it most?

But wait! Here's Lanie Grace (NSFW), "Erin Andrews Video: No Pity at all For Her":

I know I am going against the popular crowd but honestly, I don't feel any pity for Erin Andrews, not one bit. The whole thing wreaks of being a publicity stunt and furthermore, this is a woman who exploits her sexuality for fame and glory so please don't waste your time trying to convince me that men simply love her expertise on any given sport ....

One of my favorite lines from her attorney is "That we are still looking for the whereabouts of the unknown perpetrator. Here is the fault in that bogus statement.

"Hottie" knows where she has been staying and definitely being the celebrity she is indeed, it stands to reason she and her security people know exactly who is staying in the room next to her. Certainly the fact these videos were shot in two different Hotels should narrow it down some I would think.

I do not believe for a second the exact location of the two hotels and exact room numbers are still a mystery to anyone in her camp. I guess we are supposed to believe she parades around naked, shaking her ass like Tawny Kitaen on Whitesnake's car in so many hotels that she can't remeber which one it is. Yeah makes sense to me. NOT

Seriously girls, How many of us parade around in the total nude waving a curling iron prancing around in porn star mode while casually getting dressed. Better yet, how many of us curl our hair in the total nude under any circumstance?

I guess women are torn!

Here's USA Today on IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, "Patrick: Video Demonstrates Issues of Internet Age." Also, from the Sports Journalists' Association News, "Woman Sports Presenter in Nude Video Shock."

But here's more on "how she deserved it," at the guys' sports website Deadspin, which helped break the story wide open last week, "The One Where Everyone Talks About That Thing That Everyone's Talking About":

Save the sensitivity for Ms. Erin Andrews. Remember, she is a reporter; and reporters have no morals when it comes to getting a story for their careers (Geraldo, Cooper, ESPN's anchors).

How many times do paparazzi and reporters force their way into people's "private" lives, just to get a story? We always hear of everyone's privacy being exposed in the media, but not the reporters and anchors themselves.

Or how about this guy, at the Los Angeles Daily News? "MEDIA: To Catch an Erin Andrews Predator":

This is not to imply in any way, shape or form that she's remotely at fault for finding herself making national news as the victim in a hotel peephole video scandal, one that has her attorney threatening all kinds of punishment to anyone who dares show the clip or else they're an accessory to a crime.

But ...

In the same media-crazed, image-conscious, ethics-breaching world she works in, could she be that na ve to think she's impervious to perverted behavior and possibly taken better steps to protect herself from unwanted attention?

That maybe if she demanded more take her seriously and acted at least a bit more indignant of the fact that Playboy has awarded her the title, "America's sexiest sportscaster," the past twoyears in a made-for-Internet poll. We could try to overlook those times when she dressed inappropriately on national TV football, basketball or baseball assignments.

Speaking , we in the media know plenty of ways to objectify female reporters who don't deserve it.

But ...

Most of them try to nip that kind of treatment in the bud when they realize their career arc hardly will go far if that's how they're generally perceived.

We're in full agreement with the immediate response to this by USA Today's Christine Brennan, who launched a Tweet the other day that, of course, was immediately misconstrued: "Women sports journalists need to be smart and not play the frat house. There are tons of nuts out there. Erin Andrews incident is bad, but to add perspective: there are 100s of women sports journalists who have never had this happen to them."

That's something every female sports person has to be thinking about as they decide if they're more in tune with creating an image of media maven or a credible news gatherer.

You can try to have it both ways. But ...

Blog Prof has an analysis, "USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan on Erin Andrews illegal nude peephole video: SHE WAS ASKING FOR IT!."

Okay, and NSFW (and not linked), you'll find full-nude screen shots at The Dirty, "Breaking News: The Plot Thickens, Erin Andrews Was Not a Victim," and the Something Awful Forums, "Sexist and Exploitative to Post Erin Andrews Peephole Pictures?" Plus, see this very critical report at Associated Content, "Erin Andrews Peephole Video on CBS and Fox News: Erin Andrews Peephole Video Goes Mainstream Media 'Disguised' as the News." Also, "Is Bill O'Reilly a Hypocrite for Showing Erin Andrews Video?"

And, in response to Lisa Bloom's comments this week that simply viewing the tape was illegal, see "Erin Andrews Nude Video Means We Should Regulate the Internet?" And, "So Now It Is a Crime to Even Watch the Erin Andrews Video?" (Reposting this one).

Okay, here's an interesting legal analysis, "The Erin Andrews Chronicles: A (Semi) Regular Look at Sports and the Law."

And on the continuing interest in the story, from an Indian newspaper:

Interest refuses to die down in Leaked Erin Andrews Peephole Tape Video. Watching the video has become a rage among teenaged Americans and sports fans. It is the hottest search on the internet for the whole last week.

And, "Erin Andrews Peephole Tape Video Spreading Like Wildfire."

But don't miss Don Chavez (but NSFW), who offers a new theory of the case, "Erin Andrews Peephole Scandal: the Other Victims & the Inside Job Theory":

Without a doubt, people love to look at pictures of Erin Andrews on the Internet. Just like they would look at photos of any other attractive female, whether she be a sportscaster, a Playmate, a Maxim Hometown hottie, the latest sex scandal teacher, or some random woman with a disgruntle ex-boyfriend. The Internet is not what caused this to happen.

The individual who videoed her did not follow her around the country. There were six video clips, all shot of her in the same hotel room, which were on Daily Motion. Once this story broke, those clips were made into a five minute compilation complete with the Sportscenter theme song at the end. So any talk you hear of more video is just someone referring to a smaller portion of the compilation that you “haven’t seen yet”.

Now as you will see below, the user Goblazers1 had a total of 40 videos uploaded to his account. This is the earliest known source of the videos on the Internet (which he has since removed), and Erin Andrews was not the only woman this individual had peeped on. As you will see in these exclusive screen shots that can only be found on Donchavez.com, one of the rooms have a likeness to that of the room Erin Andrews was filmed in.

However, one thing is for sure, not all of these peep holes were in the same location. So this could indicated that Goblazers1 has several peep holes at his disposal, is a traveling peeping tom that has other voyeurs who let him uses their peep holes, or he is a collector of voyeur footage.