[originalhypa]

Damn.
That's more than Multicartual pays, I'm sure.

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/551/942/BWgqWRLIQAAt7Rs_crop_north.jpg?w=480&h=320&q=75

The jury has awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her civil lawsuit over the secret recording and release of a video showing her naked during a hotel stay.

The sportscaster's original suit asked for $75 million from the owner and operator of the Nashville, Tennessee, hotel where she was staying, and Michael David Barrett, the stalker who used a hacksaw to tamper with her room's peephole and record the video in 2008.

The jurors took photos with Andrews after the amount was announced, and she signed autographs, according to reports from inside the courtroom.

The jury found Barrett to be 51 percent at fault and required him to pay out more than $28 million. West End Hotel Partners, which owns and operates that Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University, was found to be 49 percent at fault and asked to pay out more than $26 million.

West End Hotel Partners has said Barrett's criminal actions were his responsibility, not theirs. Barrett was convicted in criminal court of stalking Andrews and sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Andrews, 37, testified last week over the course of two days during the trial and broke down in tears at several points in talking about the effect the 2009 release of the video online has had on her personal life.

The closing arguments for both sides ended Friday and the jurors were sent into deliberations after arriving in court this morning.

http://cdn-img.health.com/sites/default/files/migration/img/mag/2014/09/beautiful-erin-andrews-400x400.jpg




If anyone is thinking of taking video of my naked ass, be warned.......

It will cost you far less than $55 million.

PogChamp

[murd0c]

Where is the video? That's all I care about..

[zilley]

0-100 real quick.

[Gucci Mane]

Where is the video? That's all I care about..

same.

[GS8]

For $55m, was she masturbating with a pool cue?

In this day and age, you'd have better success with suing someone than winning the lottery

[pastarocket]

I think Kim Kardashian is gonna call Ray J. on her cellphone to ask him to give her some hotline bling. :lawl:

Watch KK make another sex video with Ray J and leak it on to the Internet. :Pbjt:

She is not making any money from lawsuits with those nude selfies. She'll realize the monetary benefits after seeing Erin make it rain with this lawsuit. :lawl:

[Mr.Money]

i don't see how the hotel chain got involved in the suit


$400 GoPro camera>>>drop it on the floor>>>profit in Muuurica?

[Spoon]

^
From a previous article I read, the hotel staff pretty much told the stalker the room she was living in. So yes, they're liable.

Good luck recovering the $28M from the stalker though.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Saw the video. Nothing to talk about. Potato quality too since it was like several years ago.

Would be nice if I could sue someone millions for taking a video of me doing my hair in the nude.

[Harvey Specter]

The judgement will probably be appealed and settled out of court.

[ilvtofu]

^
From a previous article I read, the hotel staff pretty much told the stalker the room she was living in. So yes, they're liable.

Good luck recovering the $28M from the stalker though.

I agree with Mr. Money, seems unfair on the hotel. Definitely don't think she is gonna get that much out of either party. I'm guessing its against company policy and not fair that when a shithead low-level employee does something like this they would have to pay out that much.
Had there been a documented pattern of ethically questionable behaviour with this employee I might feel differently but personally it doesn't feel like there's malice or even gross negligence on the hotel's part. Putting myself in the shoes of a business/business owner this seems like a pretty shitty precedence to be setting.

[Bouncing Bettys]

Didn't it come out that the hotel owner was showing the video to friends at a restaurant, making fun of her body, while the case was on going?

[Jmac]

I agree with Mr. Money, seems unfair on the hotel. Definitely don't think she is gonna get that much out of either party. I'm guessing its against company policy and not fair that when a shithead low-level employee does something like this they would have to pay out that much.
Had there been a documented pattern of ethically questionable behaviour with this employee I might feel differently but personally it doesn't feel like there's malice or even gross negligence on the hotel's part. Putting myself in the shoes of a business/business owner this seems like a pretty shitty precedence to be setting....

The jury heard Barrett say that he went to the hotel restaurant and used a house phone to ask to be connected to Andrews’s room. When the hotel complied, he was able to see her room number displayed on the phone, and after ascertaining that there was an empty room next to hers, he went to the front desk and was able to book it.

[murd0c]

just made a thread and posted it in NWS for those that want to see the video

[SkinnyPupp]

Who the fuck is Erin Andrews and why is her video worth that much and why did the jury take photos with her?

[Jmac]

Who the fuck is Erin Andrews and why is her video worth that much and why did the jury take photos with her?
ESPN reporter (at the time).

'Murrica

She's a minor celebrity

[SkinnyPupp]

ESPN reporter (at the time).

'Murrica

She's a minor celebrity
Ah I wasn't watching football back when Farvre was playing

$55 million man...

[Jmac]

Apparently it was Jenn Sterger that Favre sent dick pics to, not Erin Andrews. My bad

[jasonturbo]

A very large percentage of civil cases in the USA which result in "excessive" financial compensation are later appealed and the value of the award significantly reduced. It's almost an unwritten rule, if you're initially awarded a large sum through litigation you can expect it to be greatly reduced shortly thereafter though further litigation or settlement reached following the threat of appeal etc.

Damn, 55M though, I wouldn't even expect a secretly recorded video of Barack Obama blowing Donald Trump to fetch that much money in a court decision.

[7seven]

Who the fuck is Erin Andrews and why is her video worth that much and why did the jury take photos with her?

You probably will remember her from when the Hawks beat the Niners in the NFC championship game, interviewing Sherman right after he made that huge play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PH35C7Fhq0

[SkinnyPupp]

I remember Sherman from that promo, that's for sure!

[GLOW]

i think she won dancing with the stars one year.
personally i prefer this 'interview' :troll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM_9fMNwaPw

[ilvtofu]

...

So two maybe three shithead employees? In a company that had how many hundreds if not thousands of employees?
What I'm concerned with is at which level of the corporate totem pole the misconduct occurred, the higher up the greater the fine, not rocket science IMO.

[H.Specter]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BGgOdBWeI8U/hqdefault.jpg

[FerrariEnzo]

Videos up here

http://www.revscene.net/forums/707964-erin-andrews-video.html

[asian_XL]

nice tits, that's all I can say.

[Manic!]

nice tits, that's all I can say.

How do they compare to your moms?

The 55 million is not that outargues. The idiot make the video so he could sell it for big bucks. The amount has to be big enough that no one will ever think of doing this again. If she was only awarded a million dollars someone else might be willing to risk it. She also stopped working at ESPN after the video came out.


Here is all the bullshit she has had to put up with.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/erin-andrews-trial_us_56d6eefce4b03260bf78a8e6

[originalhypa]

How do they compare to your moms?


Screen name = asianXL

I'm guessing his mom's tits look like this.
http://res.cloudinary.com/uktv/image/upload/b_rgb:000000,w_660,h_371,c_fill,q_75/v1369142072/uba6cwv4schxyf6wd9dj.jpg

[CharlesInCharge]

This is ZioAmerica setting a new precedence to protect its most precious workers in this era of phone hacking and spy cameras.

[whitev70r]

Hulk Hogan was awarded $115m in his case against Gawker today ... WTF ??!! Another example of unequal pay between sexes!

[SkinnyPupp]

Hulk Hogan is actually famous though :fuckthatshit: And he was probably damaged a lot more than she ever was from the tape

Also Gawker was promoting and making money off the tape, it wasn't just randomly posted to porn sites here and there. They were even told to take it down, but didn't, and even bragged about leaving it up, further promoting it.

$115 million btw

[vitaminG]

but most of the damage was cause he was calling people niggers, if it was just a sex tape then it would probably have benefited him if anything

[SkinnyPupp]

$115 million verdict in Hulk Hogan sex-tape lawsuit could wipe out Gawker | Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/115-million-verdict-in-hulk-hogan-sex-tape-lawsuit-could-wipe-out-gawker/)

FeelsGoodMan

[asian_XL]

PogChamp he's probably facing another lawsuit with his friend

[Manic!]

Hulk Hogan is actually famous though :fuckthatshit: And he was probably damaged a lot more than she ever was from the tape



She lost her job. Hulk is a wrestler he probably benefited more than anything.

Also anyone that watches football would know Who she is.

[SkinnyPupp]

She lost her job. Hulk is a wrestler he probably benefited more than anything.

Also anyone that watches football would know Who she is.
He lost his job too actually, from what was said on the tape

I watch football at least 3x a week and am only vaguely familiar with her name. Sideline reporters are not relevant. Hulk Hogan is literally the biggest wrestling star in history, and one of the most recognizable celebrities who has ever existed in North America.

[GLOW]

but erin andrews was on dancing with the stars KappaPogChamp

[Verdasco]

did she fuck the dancer atleast?


robert herjavec is set up to marry the dancer from that show


must be nice to carry a few hundred million dollars :drunk:

[SkinnyPupp]

Hogan posted this on twitter EleGiggle

https://i.imgur.com/aLbGeCT.jpg

[Presto]

^^^
Hulk Hogan's immortal leg drop is super effective!
Gawker declaring bankruptcy:

Gawker declares bankruptcy, will auction itself off in wake of Hulk Hogan lawsuit | Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/06/gawker-to-declare-bankruptcy-auction-itself-off-in-wake-of-hulk-hogan-lawsuit/)

Gawker Media is set to formally declare bankruptcy, and owner Nick Denton plans to put the company up for auction, according to numerous media outlets.

"[Gawker Media] is also now formally entertaining offers to buy the company and says it has a firm bid from publisher Ziff Davis to buy the entire operation for less than $100 million," Recode reported.

Weeks ago, it came out that Peter Thiel, a billionaire investor, was bankrolling the Hulk Hogan defamation lawsuit and seemingly sought revenge over being "outed" as "totally gay" a decade ago by Gawker's now-defunct Valleywag site.

As Ars reported in April 2016, Gawker has already begun the process of appealing the $140 million verdict a jury ordered it to pay in March 2016 for publishing a sex tape of Terry Bollea, better known as former pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan.

Last year, some of the company's financial details were disclosed as it sought outside investment before the then-upcoming trial. The company generated a profit of $6.5 million on $44.3 million in revenue in 2014. Last year, it saw $48.7 million in revenue, according to information made public at trial.
A filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy would have the immediate effect of shielding the company from its creditors, including Hogan and his attorneys. A search of federal bankruptcy records shows that the company has not yet filed.

Gawker was sued again in May 2016 by the same lawyer who brought the Hogan case on behalf of a man who claims to have invented e-mail. In that suit, plaintiff Shiva Ayyadurai demands $35 million from Gawker (Gizmodo's parent company) and a public retraction of Gizmodo’s 2012 articles, which reported: "Corruption, Lies, and Death Threats: The Crazy Story of the Man Who Pretended to Invent Email" and "The Inventor of Email Did Not Invent e-mail?"

Neither Denton, nor Ziff Davis' parent company j2 Global, immediately responded to Ars' request for comment.

Ryan Mac, a Forbes reporter, posted what appears to be a press release from Gawker saying that the bankruptcy process has begun.

[Expresso]

This is pretty interesting:

Gawker owns several other popular online news sites, including the gadget site Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Kotaku, Jezebel, and Jalopnik.

[SkinnyPupp]

^^ Basically every shitty website on the internet 4Head

Fuck Gawker, this is such great news. Good for the Hulkster

[godwin]

It is just a legal move to avoid payment.

^^^
Hulk Hogan's immortal leg drop is super effective!
Gawker declaring bankruptcy:

Gawker declares bankruptcy, will auction itself off in wake of Hulk Hogan lawsuit | Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/06/gawker-to-declare-bankruptcy-auction-itself-off-in-wake-of-hulk-hogan-lawsuit/)

[Presto]

Hogan didn't care about getting paid. He wanted to end Gawker, and received the finances to fund the lawsuit from a billionaire that wanted the same thing.

[swiftshift]

Wonder how much my nude video would be worth..?????? :fullofwin::ahwow: :devil: 4Head4Head4Head4Head4Head EleGiggle EleGiggle EleGiggle

[Ch28]

This, of course, is an important reminder that everyone should have an emergency plan for what to do if Hulkamania runs wild on you

[originalhypa]

Wonder how much my nude video would be worth ???

I'm thinking, about tree fiddy.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9cn7xfBpZ3M/hqdefault.jpg

[Nlkko]

Fuck Gawker, tabloid piece of shit. There are bitches came out blasting Thiel and citing freedom of speech and shit. But him or anybody being gay is none of Gawker's business.

Guess you talk shit you get hit. Karma is a bitch.

[Obsideon]

This, of course, is an important reminder that everyone should have an emergency plan for what to do if Hulkamania runs wild on you

I actually read that out loud in Hogan's voice... lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IvV0EjDjk