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Andrews, who has since moved from ESPN to Fox Sports, has
sued the Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University for $75
million over the 2008 incident, in which a man in a neighboring
room, Michael David Barrett, rigged a peep hole and shot the
video of Andrews changing.
Andrews, who also has appeared on the "Dancing With the Stars"
television show, was staying at the hotel while covering a
Vanderbilt football game.
Andrews originally had named Marriott International as a
defendant but the judge dismissed the company from the case last
month. Barrett and the Nashville hotel's owners and managers
remain as defendants.
In opening statements in Davidson County Circuit Court on
Tuesday, Andrews' attorney Randall Kinnard blamed former hotel
employees for giving out Andrews' room number, which led to
Barrett booking the room next door.
Marc Dedman, an attorney for the hotel, said the blame rests
solely with Barrett, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to stalking
Andrews and shooting the videos and was sentenced to 30 months
in prison.
Kinnard, pointing to the damage the video continues to cause
Andrews, said: "This is not like a broken arm that heals," The
Tennessean newspaper reported.
A former hotel employee testified that it was against hotel
policy to give out room numbers.
The trial is expected to take about two weeks.
(Reporting by Tim Ghianni in Nashville; Editing by Mary
Wisniewski and Richard Chang)
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