Andrews 'hell-bent' to testify in case

Erin Andrews, the ESPN sideline reporter who grew up in Tampa, is "hell-bent" on testifying against the person accused of posting nude video of her on the Internet, according to her attorney.

In an interview that aired Monday on "Good Morning America," Andrews' attorney, Marshall Grossman, said that at first, "Erin was quite relieved with news of the arrest."

However, after reviewing the arrest affidavit and the investigation by the FBI, her anxiety has increased, Grossman told Diane Sawyer.

He said Andrews was concerned over the enormity of the alleged crime and the length that this individual went "to stalk her and trap her and victimize her as he did" and then try to profit from it.

On Friday, authorities arrested Michael David Barrett, a 47-year-old insurance executive, on a charge of interstate stalking. He is accused of secretly filming Andrews naked in her hotel room and then trying to sell the tapes to celebrity Web site TMZ.com and posting them online.

Barrett was ordered released on $4,500 bond Monday in Chicago but was ordered to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet, to adhere to a curfew and not to use the Internet.

Barrett continues to be a danger to Andrews and "a danger to other women," Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Grimes told U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys during Barrett's bond hearing Monday.

A spokeswoman for Glenview, Ill.-based Combined Insurance Co. said Barrett has been suspended indefinitely.

An FBI affidavit said Barrett asked for a room next to Andrews at a Tennessee hotel where seven videos were likely taken by a cell phone camera, apparently through an altered peephole. An eighth video may have been shot in Milwaukee.

Grossman said Andrews, 31, who travels extensively for ESPN, was able to pinpoint the night that some of the videos were shot by a pair of jeans that were visible on the film.

"Erin is a remarkable young woman," Grossman said. "I have learned that women know what they have worn on each occasion." He said that with the help of her stylist and FBI agents, Andrews viewed the videos and was able to determine the hotel room and date.

"So through her work and her personal time she has been able to help the authorities and she will continue to work with them to bring this case to a conclusion," he added.

Conviction of this crime carries the possibility of a five-year prison term and a $250,000 fine. Grossman declined to say if Andrews is considering any legal action against the hotel chains where she stayed. He did say she wants to work with national, state and local authorities to toughen the laws against this kind of stalking.

Andrews is the daughter of News Channel 8 reporter Steve Andrews. She went to Bloomingdale High School and is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Andrews told Oprah Winfrey in an interview filmed in August that when she saw the video, she thought it would spell the end of her career. She has since returned to the sidelines for ESPN.