The court filing was the latest chapter in a long legal saga for Hogan, Gawker and others. Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has been awarded 115 million in his invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker. Bollea said from the beginning that he would seek to hold all persons and entities fully responsible for their wrongful actions,” his spokeswoman, Elizabeth Traub, wrote in a statement. Bollea, for 31 million, according to court documents, and bringing to a close a multiyear dispute. A jury, swayed by Team Hogan’s argument that the media ought to distinguish between Hulk Hogan the public figure and Terry Bollea the private citizen, awarded the plaintiff 140 million in.
The suit in Pinellas County Court also accuses a talent agent, two disc jockeys, a radio company and a lawyer of conspiring to send media outlets the sex tape and causing Hogan emotional distress and economic harm. Hogan sued the company after Gawker posted a video clip showing the wrestler having sex with the then-wife of his then-friend, the radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. On Wednesday, however, Gawker capitulated, settling with Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry G. Once the Enquirer published the story, WWE severed its longtime ties with the famous wrestler. In the transcript, Hogan, who is white, makes several racist statements about his daughter’s ex-boyfriend, who is black. Gawker denies that it leaked the sealed transcript to the National Enquirer.
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The three-week trial was a lurid inside look at the business of celebrity gossip and a debate over newsworthiness versus celebrity privacy. Hulk Hogan received nearly 10 million from PayPal founder Peter Thiel to pay his legal fees in his lawsuit against the website Gawker. Hogan’s new lawsuit Monday comes on the heels of winning a $140 million verdict against Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with his then-best friend’s wife.
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(AP) – Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has sued Gawker again, saying the gossip website leaked sealed court documents with a transcript that quoted him making racist remarks. Petersburg, Fla., just a few blocks from the water, the wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, is taking on Gawker Media, its founder. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as Hulk Hogan, sued Gawker Media, publisher of the Gawker website, and several Gawker employees and.
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