If the Florida court’s ruling is upheld, it would be financially damaging for Gawker Media, whose sites include Deadspin, Jezebel and its namesake publication.Īn expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com. Yes, the absolute trash website that Hulk Hogan sued into oblivion a half a decade ago is back in a zombified form, thanks to bottom feeding Bustle Media Group. “I don’t like looking at all the stuff that’s published out there. Hogan said he didn’t know he was being taped by Bubba The Love Sponge. ” When Berlin tried to hand printouts of the New York Times and Forbes articles to Judge Campbell, she gestured to stop him. Hogan first sued Gawker after it posted a 2007 video of him having sex with Heather Clem, his then best friend’s wife. Thiel “potentially relates to our efforts to get post-trial relief” and is “obviously of great concern to Gawker and we do think it’s appropriate to get to the bottom of. Gawker was a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida, delivering a verdict on March 18, 2016. Gawker's attorneys played audio of Hogan on Bubba The Love Sponge's show years before the sex-tape scandal, saying that if listeners supported his daughter Brooke's music career, he'd reveal the. A Florida jury today ordered Gawker Media to pay 115 million for publishing a sex tape showing Terry Bollea, also known as Hulk Hogan, having sex with his friend's wife. Later, the New York Times also reported his involvement.Īt the hearing Wednesday, Seth Berlin, an attorney for Gawker, said that the reported litigation financing by Mr. and rocket company Space Exploration Technologies Inc., has been providing the financial muscle behind Bollea’s legal fight. Ex-wrestler Hulk Hogan has filed another lawsuit against Gawker. Gawker is appealing the verdict.ĭrama surrounding the case intensified after Forbes reported late Tuesday that billionaire investor Peter Thiel, a backer of companies including Facebook Inc. Judge Pamela Campbell on Wednesday also upheld the jury’s $140 million award.
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