ESPN sportscaster and Dancing With the Stars co-host, Erin Andrews, was awarded $55 million in damages after a man, known as Michael Barrett, released a secretly recorded nude video taken of her at the Marriott hotel in 2008. Jurors stated that Andrews’s emotional testimony swayed their opinions in her favor. Andrews stated “I think about it everyday.” She added that the video has affected her relationships with men and in her workplace.

Michael Barrett, a former deliveryman, served more than two years in prison for stalking Erin Andrews in 2008. He stated his motive for the video was strictly financial and he is not proud of what he did. Barrett is now ordered to pay $28 million to the sportscaster. The companies that operate the Nashville Marriott are ordered to pay the remaining $27 million, bringing it to a grand total of $55 million. Many feel that it will be difficult for Andrews to get all of that money because the companies have the right to appeal. The Marriott is asked to pay half, due to the fact that the hotel violated Andrews’s privacy rights, after telling her stalker her room number. The jury on the case consisted of five men and seven women and they took several hours to come to a conclusion on how much the sportscaster deserved. Many felt that the original $75 million dollars that Andrews asked for was reasonable, while others thought $10 million was sufficient.

“Erin Andrews was going to get some money regardless.” Terry Applegate, a juror on the case, stated. “It was how much and where was the hotel at fault?”

Applegate added: “We worked our way up to a middle-ground that everyone could accept and that’s true of both the percentages of fault and the money.”

Steve Andrews, Erin Andrews’s father, claimed Erin was a “shell” of her former self, stating, “She is not the girl we used to know.”

After seeing the testimonies of both Andrews and her parents, juror, Noble Taylor, a 45-year-old father of three, argued to see the full $75 dollars.

“I’ve got two sons and a wife, and I think about what if it was my wife inside that room, or my kids,” Taylor told NBC, adding he wasn’t dissuaded by the defense’s claim that Andrews’s career flourished, after the release of the footage.

“A person like that is going to be driven no matter what happens,” Taylor said. “I can’t fault her. I kind of congratulate her.”

Both Taylor and Applegate said that they hope the decision will send a message to the hospitality industry; that an incident like this “should never, ever happen again,” Applegate stated.

“It’s important that when we walk into hotels or any public building that says they’re going to take care of us, that they take care of us, and we feel safe and secure in their environment,” Applegate said “And this hotel did not do that.”