Erin Andrews describes the extreme precautions she takes at hotels now

NASHVILLE — Erin Andrews took the stand again​ Tuesday in her $75 million civil trial, ​at times tearfully​ describing the precautions she now takes whenever she checks into a hotel room after ​being secretly videotaped through a doctored peephole at the Nashville Marriott.

“I tell them I want to be moved from the room I was pre-booked in,” Andrews told jurors as she finished up her direct testimony.

“I also say that if someone is asked to be next to me, they need to call me. I also ask for there not to be any phone calls placed to my room. I also tell them I have a gentleman traveling with me.”

When she gets to her room, she “instantly” covers the peephole, Andrews explained.

“Then I do a check of the room. I look everywhere,” she continued, her voice cracking. “I put a piece of paper down by the door, so if I leave and someone comes in the room, I can tell.”

Andrews never lets hotel employees enter her room, and refuses to stay in a connecting room, she said.

The sportscaster is suing the owner and manager of the Nashville Marriott, along with the the stalker who filmed her, Michael David Barrett, for $75 million. Her lawyers have claimed the hotel was negligent when it allowed Barrett to book a room next to hers without letting her know.

On the stand, Andrews also described how hard it’s been for her to be in a romantic relationship with so much “baggage.”

She lamented that her boyfriend of three years, former LA Kings hockey player Jarret Stoll, ​who briefly played for the Rangers before being released this season, ​will never know the person she was before Barrett posted the 4 1/2 minute nude video to the Internet in 2009.

“I think he would’ve loved the girl more who was there before this happened, and I feel very guilty about this,” Andrews said.

“To try to explain to someone who has questions about why I have trust issues, why I’m insecure, why I’m humiliated, why I’m embarrassed, why I’m obsessive about checking the Internet, he doesn’t understand,” she added.

Andrews worries about the day she’ll have to explain to her kids, and even her grandkids, why she’s naked on the Internet.

“I’ll always have to tell my kids, ‘Mommy didn’t do anything wrong,'” she said.

In his final question, her lawyer asked if she’ll ever get over the trauma of what happened.

“No,” she replied, before exhaling deeply as she sat back down.

During her cross-examination, a lawyer for the Nashville Marriott tried to show that her career hasn’t suffered, and in fact took off after the peephole video went viral.

When asked by hotel defense attorney Marc Dedman if she has “thrived” in her career since 2009, Andrews replied, “Yes.”

Dedman also recited a list of endorsements she’s done since that summer, including Reebok, Degree, Diet Mountain Dew, Florida Orange Juice, and a commercial for Victoria’s Secret.