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Terms of the agreement are confidential and the matter is now
over, according to newspaper the Tennessean, the ABC TV
affiliate in Nashville and E! News - all of which cited Andrews'
lawyer. He could not immediately be reached for comment by
Reuters.
A jury in March found the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt
University liable for the video and awarded Andrews $55 million
in damages to be paid by the hotel and the man who shot the
video.
The settlement was reached hours before lawyers were expected to
return to court for an issue that could have left the hotel
companies paying more, the Tennessean reported.
Andrews sued the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University
over a 2008 video taken by a stalker in an adjoining room and
posted on the Internet in 2009. Andrews, a Fox Sports
personality who formerly worked for ESPN, had sought $75 million
in damages.
The video was taken by Michael David Barrett, who pleaded guilty
in 2009 to stalking Andrews and making the video. He was
sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Barrett asked the hotel to put him in a room next to Andrews'
after an employee confirmed that she was staying there on a
certain date. He rigged a peephole to shoot the video of Andrews
while she was changing.
The parties who were found liable were West End Hotel Partners,
the investment group that owned the Nashville Marriott, and the
operating company of the hotel at the time, Windsor Capital
Group. Marriott International Inc was originally named in
Andrews' lawsuit, but the judge removed it.
The jury found that the hotel is liable for 49 percent of the
$55 million in damages, or $26.95 million, while Barrett is
liable for 51 percent of the damages, equivalent to $28.05
million.
(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales in Chicago; Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
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