On Thursday, a computer scientist testified that more than 16.8 million people worldwide have seen pictures or videos of what is now known as the peephole of Erin Andrews, which has been traced back to the views of a computer scientist who testified on Thursday.
Fourteen additional individuals, who were jurors, watched the videos on the afternoon of Thursday, the fourth day of civil trial against Vanderbilt University at Marriott Nashville, led by Andrews.
Andrews had tears in her eyes as she exited the courtroom prior to the video being shown.
From time to time, a lady averted her gaze from the large display. The sole noise that filled the air was the buzzing of computers. The jury members observed quietly in the dimmed court.
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Fox and ABC are currently employing Andrews to cover college football for ESPN. At the time, Andrews stayed at a hotel in Ohio where a 4½-minute video was shot in September 2008. This video consisted of seven segments, including a second clip of Andrews as well as footage from the Marriott Nashville. They watched two videos.
The video security of the courtroom was asked to be stopped, curtains and windows were closed to block up, papers were put away from the screen, the public and media were shifted away, and no one was allowed to enter or exit the courtroom: not seen by anyone, except for attorneys and the jury, in order to ensure that precautions implemented by the court staff would make sure that they are not seen due to the sensitive nature of the videos.
Jim Bernard, a computer scientist hired by the team of lawyers led by Kinnard Randall of California and Broillet Bruce of Nashville, had found out how many people had seen the video. Jansen, a professor at State Penn, said that he was paid around $300 per hour for about 100 hours of work.
According to Jansen, the videos featured individuals who viewed static pictures from the videos, as well as individuals who watched additional videos captured by Michael David Barrett. During the cross-examination with Brent Usery, a lawyer representing the hotel, Jansen revealed that he conducted 22 searches using internet queries. Based on his findings, he concluded that a staggering 16.8 million individuals had viewed the videos from July 2009 to January of this year.
In 2010, Barrett, the individual who relentlessly pursued Andrews, received a 2½-year prison term upon confessing his guilt in the act of stalking. He captured a minimum of three recordings of Andrews at three different hotels.
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Jansen stated that he was aware it was in the billions or trillions. Usery inquired whether Jansen was aware of the fact that there are 3.5 trillion Google searches conducted every day. Usery also asked Jansen if he knew that 80 million individuals visit ESPN’s website monthly, in an attempt to give context to the number 16.8 million. Jansen admitted that he did not possess precise information regarding ESPN, but was aware that certain websites attract such a large audience.
He noted that the videos are still online. Based on his research, he said that about 376,000 people have watched the videos in the past six months. Jansen said that Andrews’ research showed that it became a top search term.
Jansen expressed, “It’s challenging to remove things online, especially when referring to the Internet. There is a common saying that once something is on the Internet, it’s there forever.”