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'Inside Edition' Investigates Hotel Privacy in Wake of Erin Andrews Video

"Inside Edition" hasn't been quite the same since Bill O'Reilly was bringing his homespun folksiness to the show back in the '90s. But even if it's not as tabloid-y as it once was, "Inside Edition" is still doing the hard-hitting, investigative journalism that made Carl Monday an Internet sensation.

In the wake of the Erin Andrews peephole video, and the revelation that the hotel had fulfilled alleged perp Michael David Barrett's request for a room next to Andrews, "Inside Edition" went deep undercover to see if hotels had since taken precautions to avoid such celebrity-stalker situations from happening again.

The short answer: nope.
INSIDE EDITION ... Correspondent Jim Moret tried to book a room next door to a well-known TV personality and sports broadcaster, INSIDE EDITION special correspondent Lisa Guerrero.

Jim Moret called and asked for a room next to Lisa Guerrero's at the Vanderbilt Marriott in Nashville, and if the name sounds familiar, it should...it's the same hotel Erin Andrews was staying in when she was secretly videotaped through a peephole.

When Lisa Guerrero checked in two days later, she was not informed that someone had requested a room near her.

And when Moret checked in 20 minutes later and reminded the desk clerk of his request, the hotel confirmed that Lisa Guerrero was a guest and that she had already checked in. They did not give Moret a room next to her, but they did tell him Guerrero was staying just one floor below.
For some reason, the hotel manager didn't want to talk on-camera with "Inside Edition," but the company issued the following statement: "Marriott takes guest security and privacy very seriously."

Just something to make you feel better should you stumble across naked videos of yourself up on the Internet.

But this could be isolated to the Vanderbilt Marriott; when Moret checked into the Sheraton Music City and tried to request a room near Guerrero, the clerk asked, "Do you know her?"

It's not a fail-proof solution for customer privacy, but it's better than, "Yes, Mr. Creepy Guy with hacksaw and flipcam, your room next to [famous, young, hot sideline reporter] is ready!"

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