![]() ![]() So somewhere between those two figures, plus damages. Gawker’s expert testified that Gawker had made perhaps $11,000 from the Daulerio essay which excerpted the video. This is a patently outlandish sum even Hogan’s experts estimated the “value” of the tape to Gawker at $15 million. On the plus side, according to IMDb, he’s “rumored” to be taking a part in Expendables 4.Īs has been widely reported, the suit seeks $100 million in damages. This must represent a really hard blow to Hogan’s income, especially since the demise of his TV show. On Monday afternoon, a Florida jury added twenty-five million dollars in punitive damages to the hundred and fifteen million dollars it had awarded Hulk Hogan, on Friday, in his. WWE also issued a public statement disavowing any connection with Hogan and stating its support for diversity. Worse, the organization scrubbed every reference of Hogan from its websites, removing him from its “Hall of Fame” and all the links to purchase Hogan videos and other materials. Last July, audio surfaced in public of Hogan making racist remarks, such as “fucking niggers” and “I guess we’re all a little racist,” at which point World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) terminated its contract with the star. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as Hulk Hogan, sued Gawker Media, publisher of the Gawker website, and several Gawker employees and Gawker-affiliated entities, for posting portions of a sex tape of Bollea with Heather Clem, at that time the wife of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. I kid, but I also feel sorry for the guy. Don’t miss the scene where Hogan, as famed wrestler Rip, takes a date to a fancy French restaurant, where he impresses her by speaking French to a waiter. After a review of the stunning verdict in March in Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker over the publishing of an excerpt of a sex tape, Florida Circuit Judge Pamela Campbell on Wednesday. The latter film is wildly entertaining, I hasten to add. I say this with authority, because I have watched not only several episodes of “Hogan Knows Best,” but also Suburban Commando and No Holds Barred. At 62, he can’t get back in the ring to wrestle despite his charisma as a performer, he hasn’t made it as an actor, either - possibly because his acting is excruciating. ![]() Hogan needs money, there can be no doubt of that. Hulk Hogan’s suit against Gawker Media is very nakedly about money. Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker for 100 million for posting a video of him having sex with his former best friends wife. Grateful thanks to the Internet Archive for preserving this work. Originally published at Death and Taxes, ed. ![]()
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