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A Burlington man is accused of secretly videotaping his roommate in her bedroom after she rejected his advances."I changed my curtains, and I found a camera that was mounted on my curtain rod," said the victim, who wants to keep her identity protected.VIDEO: Woman finds hidden cameras in bedroom It was an astonishing discovery by a Burlington mother during a home renovation project.The woman agreed to share her story exclusively with WISN 12 News with the hope that it would alert other victims who may have been unknowingly recorded by James Straube.Straube is charged with invasion of privacy, four counts of capturing an image of nudity and stalking.Straube was caught on video installing the surveillance camera behind the curtain rod in the woman's bedroom last month."He had it angled into my bathroom, and my closet so it would get me changing my clothes and showering, and just your daily routine of getting ready and then before going to bed," the victim said.The woman said she's been friends with Straube for several years and both were going through divorces at the same time.To save money, they decided to move in together, but she told WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino that Straube wanted to become more than friends.She thinks the hidden cameras went up shortly after she told him, "no.""I was pretty firm that it's not my interest right now, I want to focus on my children," she said.The victim said Burlington police are investigating whether or not there are other victims out there secretly recorded by Straube. The woman said she had to go through hundreds of images and videos at the station."I had to view all of it and say, 'Yes, that's me.' 'Yes, that's me,' but one of the reasons I want to do this interview right now is because they weren't all me," the victim said.According to the complaint, Straube had uploaded the images to his home computers, where he would watch them.Straube told investigators he was "the only one who knew about the cameras."He has since moved out of that home and is expected in court later this month.