The video stalker who secretly shot footage of naked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews through a hotel peephole had 16 other victims — but failed to net more female sports figures and TV personalities, as he had wanted, new court documents revealed yesterday.
Loser lecher Michael Barrett, a 48-year-old insurance exec, ran creepy background checks — compiling birth dates and home addresses — on Andrews and more than 30 other women, some of whom were TV sportscasters and stars, authorities said in a presentencing memo to an LA judge.
Using the information, he wound up victimizing “approximately 16 other women in almost precisely the same way that he victimized” Andrews — although none of them is believed to be celebrities, the documents said.
Videos of Andrews and the other women are still floating around the Internet under such titles as “Erin Andrews in a Pink Thong,” “Sexy Hot Blonde Strips After Workout” and “Hottie Breasts,” the court papers said.
Andrews — who says she’s been an emotional basket case since the footage entered Internet infamy last year — is seeking $335,000 in restitution from Barrett.
He has already pleaded guilty to interstate stalking and is set to be sentenced on March 8, when he is expected to receive a 27- month jail term.
Barrett, who could have gotten up to five years, is free on bail.
Andrews, 31, “wakes up at least once a night fearing that defendant is breaking into her home,” the court papers said.
“Whenever she goes to work, she must deal . . . with worries that she is not being taken seriously.
“Also disturbing is the fact that many people, including some of victim Andrews’ peers in the media, wrongly believed that victim Andrews had something to do with these videos, that she orchestrated them to boost her career,” according to the documents.
Barrett would hunt down Andrews to her hotel and rent the room next to hers, then shoot video footage of her naked through the peephole.
He admitted to doing this three times, as she showered, dried her hair and got dressed.
He then posted 10 videos on the Web — and another 32 “hotel peephole” clips of the other women, the papers said.
Andrews’ lawyer said the reporter plans to argue for a harsher sentence for Barrett at his next hearing. Andrews said after Barrett’s last court hearing, “I want him to stay in jail as long as possible; he’s a threat to women everywhere.”
She also said ESPN had hired a fulltime bodyguard to travel with her on assignments. With Post Wire Services