FBI serves search warrants at Yahoo, Google in Erin Andrews tape case
The FBI has served search warrants at the Silicon Valley offices of Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. in connection with the case of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed.
A man accused of trying to sell nude videos of Andrews pleaded not guilty last month in federal court in Los Angeles
to a charge of interstate stalking.
The warrants were served in Northern California on Wednesday, and it's unclear what was taken from the tech firms.
Michael David Barrett, 48, is accused of shooting videos of Andrews through peepholes of hotel rooms in three different states and trying to post those videos on the Internet after trying to sell them to TMZ.com, court records show.
Barrett's trial is scheduled for Jan. 12. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
The Illinois native was arrested Oct. 2 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.A U.S. magistrate judge ordered Barrett free on $100,000 bond.
-- Richard Winton
Photo: ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews in 2008. Credit: Mike Zarrilli / Getty Images
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what happened to her was bad... but to use FBI resources (even after the guy was caught) is a waste of time and tax dollars.
Posted by: anewera | December 03, 2009 at 01:33 PM
Gonna get you!
They know who you are!
Anyone who tried to search is sooooo busted.
They gonna put you in jail, for sure.
Posted by: Jon | December 03, 2009 at 02:43 PM