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Posted on: Thursday, July 23, 2009

NY Post blames ESPN for outing nude reporter video


Associated Press

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Erin Andrews arrives at the ESPY Awards on July 15 in Los Angeles.

MATT SAYLES | Associated Press

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HARTFORD, Conn. — The New York Post says ESPN is to blame for identifying reporter Erin Andrews as the subject of a secretly filmed Internet video that shows a woman naked in a hotel room.

ESPN is banning Post reporters from appearing on the company's programs because the newspaper published three photos from the video.

A newspaper spokeswoman declined to comment on the ban Thursday. She referred The Associated Press to a Post story that takes the Bristol, Conn.-based network to task for allegedly publicizing the videos and outing Andrews.

ESPN last week sent a letter to a Web site demanding that the video be removed. The person who posted the video didn't identify the nude woman, but her attorney's letter confirmed the video was of the 31-year-old reporter.

An ESPN spokesman declined further comment Thursday.