It’s been disconcerting to see the rather muted appearances of a college football fixture like Erin Andrews this season. Yes, she’s been around, and yes, she’s certainly got an excuse for a decreased presence, but we’ve been a little disheartened all the same. Has this whole peephole stalker thing really gotten to her?

If we had to guess, we’d say “yes, it has.” That’s because in her recent interview with FANHOUSE, Andrews still had good things to say about her job; she just also had good things to say about things that weren’t her job, namely cutting back her work and, in her words, starting a family.

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For those wondering what Lisa Guerrero is doing these days, you’ll be pleased to know that she is now … an undercover detective! Well, that is, in a Barney Fife sort of way. It’s not a PLAYBOY cover or a sideline gig on Monday Night Football, but it pays the bills.

Guerrero recently went tabloid news magazine stealth for Inside Edition in a story that proves, for whatever reason, that’s it’s still just as easy as it ever was to peep on attractive female sports reporters. Guerrero was embedded at the Marriott Vanderbilt in Nashville — where Erin Andrews was secretly filmed naked in her room last year — with the results aired on Monday in an Inside Edition “special report.” Read more…

Michael David Barrett, accused peephole video maker of Erin Andrews, got Madoffed today in Chicago as he sprinted to his car following his (temporary) release from the clink.

(Geez, can a guy get some privacy around here!)

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Erin Andrews’ alleged stalker, Michael David Barrett, was released today by a Chicago court after posting $4,500 bond.

(Michael David Barrett was released from Chicago court today)

U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys, who prefaced his judgement by saying, “If the allegations are true, they’re horrific“, ordered Barrett to be home confined between 9p and 6a. Barrett will wear a monitoring anklet and will not be allowed internet access for two weeks. He was also ordered to relinquish his passport by tomorrow morning, and he’s not allowed to leave the Chicago area. Read more…

One of the mysteries of the Erin Andrews peephole video case involving alleged stalker Michael David Barrett is exactly the process of Barrett obtaining a room next to Andrews - a room that would also facilitate not being detected during a lengthy peephole alteration and filming process.

(Why has no one accused hotel employees of complicity in the room bookings?)

Those are questions now thankfully being asked by Andrews’ attorney, Marshall Grossman.

L.A. TIMES today:

Grossman said the Nashville hotel staff was familiar with Andrews and other ESPN personnel.

“One can’t pass this off to simple ignorance,” said Grossman, adding that the incident highlighted the potential for more disastrous consequences.

“You don’t have to extrapolate very far from this to think in terms of somebody out to do even more harm and greater mischief than taping someone,” Grossman said.

So not only did hotel employees facilitate a complete stranger(?) by booking a room in a special area of the hotel where he couldn’t be detected outside her door, but the hacks at the hotel also knew Andrews - and never bothered to ask her if she knew Barrett.

Appalling.

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Here’s the first photographic glimpse of Michael David Barrett, the man accused of making nude peephole video of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews:

(Credit: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES)

Barrett is due in court this morning for a bond hearing. Read more…

Here’s an artist’s rendering of Michael David Barrett, the man accused of stalking and filming peephole videos of Erin Andrews:

(Credit: Associated Press)

He’ll appear in court again on Monday. That’s when a Chicago judge will determine if he’ll be released on bond and allowed to travel alone to Los Angeles where he faces interstate stalking charges. Those charges carry a max penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Despite his reportedly clean record, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that Barrett could be a flight risk.

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Michael David Barrett appeared in a Chicago court this morning “looking tan and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit.”

After a brief, five minute appearance, a judge will now decide on Monday if Barrett will be released on bond that day to travel alone to Los Angeles to face charges in a U.S. District Court, where he’s accused of trying to sell naked videos of Erin Andrews to TMZ.

Characterized as a “stocky insurance company employee“, Barrett’s lawyer, who described himself as a longtime friend of the suspect, expressed profound surprise over Barrett’s alleged actions.

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FBI detainee Michael David Barrett, 48, stands accused of recording peephole videos of Erin Andrews in Nashville and Milwaukee hotel rooms in 2008.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports Barrett was returning from Buffalo when he was arrested at Chicago O’Hare Airport on Friday night and charged with “interstate stalking for taking the videos, posting the videos online and trying to sell them to celebrity Web site TMZ.”

Barrett’s initial court appearance is Saturday morning in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Read more…

Watched Erin Andrews‘ interview on Oprah today, which was shoehorned between two other interviews on the show.

When it was first made public that Andrews would appear on Oprah, I wrote a piece questioning her motivation. If she wanted the whole thing to go away, why introduce the story to millions who didn’t previously know about it?

After the watch, my take-away is different. Much different. Read more…