That was the “conservative” estimate of a computer expert testifying at Andrews’ $75 million civil trial in Nashville on Thursday . Penn State professor Bernard “Jim” Jansen told the court that every minute, 1.5 people are still leering at naked clips of the former ESPN sideline reporter.
“Right now, someone is watching that video,” Jansen told the court, via the New York Post .
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The Andrews videos were viewed 16.8 million times between July 2009 and January 2016, Jansen testified . About 376,000 people have watched in the last six months alone, he said.
“There’s a saying that once it’s on the Internet, it’s on the Internet,” Jansen said .
A dramatic moment came when a somber jury silently watched 4 1/2 minutes of footage of a naked Andrews in her hotel room at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University as well as an Ohio hotel.
One female juror turned her head away, unable to watch . With tears in her eyes, an emotional Andrews left the courtroom.
A New York-based therapist who treated the 37-year-old Andrews also testified her patient was concerned over how to discuss the issue with her partners. Per the Post :
The previous day, Andrews’ father Steve testified that his daughter was terrified, anxious and depressed since the videos hit the Internet. The trauma has left his formerly outgoing daughter a “shell of the person she used to be,” said Steve Andrews, a Tampa Bay TV reporter.
Andrews is suing the hotel manager and owner for negligently giving Barrett her room number, then allowing him to book the room next door. The Peeping Tom then secretly taped Andrews while she was getting ready to cover a Vanderbilt football game for ESPN.
Barrett pleaded guilty to interstate stalking in 2010 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. He tearfully apologized to Andrews in court.
