The man convicted of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and videotaping her in the nude through hotel room peepholes was sentenced this week to 30 months in prison. Michael Barrett, 48, an insurance executive from Chicago, pleaded guilty to interstate stalking charges after renting hotel rooms next to Andrews in three cities. At the sentencing, Andrews asked the judge to throw the book at Barrett, saying videos and photos of her continue to circulate on the Internet. “This will never be over for me, and in return I never want it to be over for you,” Andrews said to Barrett, as he avoided her eyes. After sentencing, she said, “I’m angry. Thirty months is not enough.”
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