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HARTFORD, Conn. ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was secretly videotaped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room and is vowing to sue news outlets that showed images from the video after it was posted on the Internet.

The blurry, five-minute video shows Andrews standing in front of a hotel room mirror. It’s unknown when or where it was shot.

“While alone in the privacy of her hotel room, Erin Andrews was surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent,” Andrews’ attorney, Marshall Grossman, said. “She was the victim of a crime and is taking action to protect herself and help ensure that others are not similarly violated in the future.”

The 31-year-old reporter plans to seek criminal charges and file civil lawsuits against the person who shot the video and anyone who publishes the material, Grossman said.

Several TV networks and newspapers aired brief clips or printed screen grabs of it yesterday. Grossman responded to an e-mail question about whether he plans to go after those outlets by reiterating his statement that Andrews plans to seek civil charges against “anyone who has published the material.”

Andrews has covered hockey, college football, college basketball and Major League Baseball for the network since 2004, often as a sideline reporter during games.

ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said said the network has decided not to cover the issue as a news story, “particularly since it has no bearing on her role as an on-air reporter.”