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Posted Oct 3rd 2009 6:39AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned an arrest has been made in the Erin Andrews Peeping Tom case -- the one in which the ESPN reporter was secretly videotaped walking around naked in various hotel rooms ... and the suspect has been charged with the federal crime of felony stalking.
48-year-old Michael David Barrett was arrested at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Friday.
According to the FBI, Barrett allegedly stalked Erin "with the intent to harass, to place under surveillance with intent to harass and intimidate, and to cause substantial emotional distress to a person in another state."
The videotapes surfaced in July. At least six clips showed Erin walking around two different hotel rooms in the nude, and were shot with a peephole camera. It was virtually impossible to tell when or where the videos were shot.
Andrews' lawyer, Marshall Grossman from the law firm Bingham & McCutchen, tells TMZ Barrett allegedly contacted hotels in the various venues "where Andrews was working in order to locate her and her room number -- and some of the hotels revealed that information, permitting him to target her." Grossman says Barrett would remove the peepholes from the doors -- or as the complaint states, "hacked off" -- and inserted tiny camera devices to secretly film her.
Someone tried to sell the clips to TMZ, but we refused to buy or air them because they were an obvious invasion of Erin's privacy. The federal complaint notes that the videos were offered for sale to TMZ.com through his email account.
The complaint says Andrews was so upset when the tapes began to circulate elsewhere she was "having trouble breathing and felt sick all of the time." The complaint adds, "She was concerned there might be more video and wanted to vomit just thinking about it."
UPDATE -- Barrett appeared in court today where he was ordered to be returned to California to face charges.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Erin Andrews
Tags: arrest, camera, eapn, Erin andrews, ErinAndrews, espn, hotel, peephole, peeping tom, PeepingTom, reporter, room, secret, tapes, video
Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:50AM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West is feeling the legal heat over his VMA rant ... because there was a quiet, clever move last week to keep his criminal case out of court until all the hubbub dies down.
Kanye is being prosecuted for breaking a paparazzi camera at LAX on September 11, 2008. The L.A. City Attorney has charged him with 3 misdemeanors -- vandalism, theft and battery.
We've learned last Friday, Kanye's lawyer, Blair Berk, went to the judge and won a delay -- a pre-trial hearing was set for this month but it's now pushed back until October 23 -- hopefully for Kanye, when attention deficit disorder sets in and the public moves on to another celebrity meltdown.
Here's the problem ... even the mighty Blair Berk can't stop Kanye. The question: Can she contain him?
Stay tuned...
Filed under: Kanye West, Exclusives
Tags: battery, blair berk, BlairBerk, break, camera, kanye west, KanyeWest, lax, theft, vandalism
Posted Apr 17th 2009 9:19AM by TMZ Staff
Attempting to take a picture with shades on, a hair bowed Lady GaGa showed off her taped up nips by barely wearing a sheer blouse in London last night.
Papa, paparazzi.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Hot Bodies, Lady Gaga
Tags: bow, camera, glam, Lady GaGa, LadyGaga, paparazzi, photo, picture, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, StefaniJoanneAngelinaGermanotta
Posted Apr 9th 2009 12:55PM by TMZ Staff
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Tags: abuse, assault, assualt, attack, attacks paparazzi, AttacksPaparazzi, battery, broken, cam, camera, cameraman, celeb abuse, CelebAbuse, celebrity, celebrity abuse, celebrity attack, celebrity batter, celebrity confrontation, CelebrityAbuse, CelebrityAttack, CelebrityConfrontation, cheers, confrontation, fight, headlock, hit, hurt, incident, injuries, la guardia airport, LaGuardiaAirport, n.y port authority, N.yPortAuthority, new york city, NewYorkCity, NYC, paparazzi, photog, photographer, punch, shoved, strike, tmz, video, white men cant jump, WhiteMenCantJump, woody attack photographer, woody harrellson, woody harrelson, woody hits photo, WoodyAttackPhotographer, WoodyHarrellson, WoodyHarrelson, WoodyHitsPhoto
Posted Apr 9th 2009 2:30AM by TMZ Staff
These have to be the three dumbest kids in England -- they decided to rob one of our videographers of his camera yesterday ... while there were other photogs at the scene snapping shots.
The three moronic miscreants were kind enough to turn around and smile for the cameras -- so if you have any information about them, please call Scotland Yard at 44 300 123 1212.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: camera, rob, robbed, scotland yard, ScotlandYard, stolen, theif
Posted Mar 18th 2009 3:15PM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West has just been charged with three criminal misdemeanors -- vandalism, battery, and grand theft -- in connection with the camera-smashing incident at LAX.
The L.A. City Attorney has also charged Don Crowley, Kanye's manager, with the following crimes -- two counts of vandalism, two counts of battery and two counts of grand theft.
TMZ happened to catch the incident on tape. In fact, Kanye broke our camera light as we were shooting. Crowley is charged with breaking both the TMZ camera and the still camera. Kanye is charged with breaking the flash accessory to the still camera.
The incident occurred last September 11. Both men are scheduled to be arraigned on April 14.
Kanye could get up to 2 1/2 years in jail if convicted on all counts. Crowley could get five years.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Kanye West
Tags: airport, camera, charged, Don Crowley, DonCrowley, Kanye West, KanyeWest, LAX
Posted Oct 19th 2007 5:30AM by TMZ Staff
Some bands sell t-shirts -- others sell special edition box sets. The White Stripes sell custom made cameras known internationally for their imperfections and the unique images those imperfections produce.
The JACK Holga and MEG Diana+ Lomographic cameras adhere to the band's red, white and black color scheme, and even don a peppermint swirl on the frame advance dial.
Each all-plastic camera comes with its own set of accessories. The MEG comes with "Nobody Knows How To Talk to Children" ringflash and custom Peppermint Film Mask Filter. The JACK is equipped with an additional fish-eye lens, three filter set and custom Peppermint Len Filter.
Only 3,000 units of each camera are being produced, so photographic music fans should hurry.
Filed under: Music, Celebritoyz
Tags: camera, gadgets, lomographic, music, photography, technology, the white stripes, TheWhiteStripes
Posted Feb 1st 2007 1:35PM by TMZ Staff
Sienna Miller kicked up her heels yesterday -- to let a photog have it!
The "Factory Girl" star was headed into a NYC building when she was ambushed by flashes, but instead of her usual smile and duck technique, Miss Miller opted for a camera shove perfected by her ex, Jude Law.
Sienna's technique scores a 7 on the freakout scale, but she definitely loses style points for wearing white boots with black jeans.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Sienna Miller
Tags: camera, cameraman, factory girl, FactoryGirl, hit, movie, new york, new your, NewYork, NewYour, paparazzi, photog, sienna miller, SiennaMiller
Posted Nov 10th 2006 6:30PM by Celly
Helio threw down the gaunlet this week with the introduction of the Drift. Sure, you can get a ton of work done with the Treo and Motorola Q, but you can't work all the time, and the folks at Helio know it.
Thanks to the new Drift, gone are the days of standing in front of a random bar, trying to coordinate your friends coming to meet you from different directions. Using the Buddy Beacon program built into the device, satellites will pinpoint your Helio Drift-toting friends on a Google map and display their position right on your phone.
The GPS-enabled Google map software isn't just for playing a sweet game of drunken hide and seek, it can also be used for real-time traffic reports, step-by-step directions to the location of your choice, and satellite imagery for a bird's eye view of a desired location.
The Drift is rounded out with high speed 3G network support, Bluetooth, 2.0 megapixel camera, mp3 player and mpeg support for VOD and videos you made of yourself during your last pub crawl. Combine all that with Helio's MySpace support and you have yourself the best party mobile device money can buy.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: 3g, beacon buddies, BeaconBuddies, camera, cell, drift, google maps, GoogleMaps, gps, helio, mobile, mp3, phone, tracking
Posted Oct 20th 2006 2:16PM by TMZ Staff
It's unclear whether Jake Gyllenhaal was serious or joking when he approached a photog yesterday and shoved the camera out of his face.
Gyllenhall was cruising through the streets of New York with an unidentified female on Thursday when he noticed multiple cameras tracking his every move.
Jake appeared to be taking the constant pursuit in stride, until he suddenly lunges toward the shooter and says, "Seriously man, it's just not funny, it's not funny, get the camera down." The actor then shoves the camera away and walks off.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Celebrity Feuds
Tags: camera, jake gyllenhaa, JakeGyllenhaa, joking, mad, new york, NewYork, paparazzi, shoves, upset
Posted Sep 25th 2006 3:28PM by TMZ Staff
If you have always fancied yourself a low-level 007, then have we got the gadget for you. A spy camera that resembles a Zippo lighter.
The high-tech camera can store up to 300 pictures so you never have to worry about running out of room while you are deep under cover. It also captures images at pre-set intervals for those times you need to leave the camera somewhere to capture that hard-to-get image.
If that wasn't enough, you can also record video clips -- complete with sound -- for that bit of information pictures alone can't capture. This sweet little device also records up to 12 hours of audio. In fact, the only thing this lighter in disguise won't do is actually light a cigarette.
So whether you're trying to get a pic of your favorite celebrity at a restaurant or you're trying to figure out which one of your roommates is drinking your orange juice, be sure to add this pocket spy cam to your arsenal.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: camera, capture, lighter, spy camera, SpyCamera, think geek, ThinkGeek, video, voice recorder, VoiceRecorder
