Ah the good ole days!
Posted on 03/18/2016 5:06:38 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
A Florida jury has sided with Hulk Hogan in the lawsuit the former professional wrestler filed against Gawker Media, awarding him $115 million in damages — $15 million more than he sought.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker in 2012 after the online media outlet published an excerpt of a video showing Bollea having sex with the wife of his then-best friend, Bubba The Love Sponge Clem. Hogan and his attorneys alleged publishing the video was an invasion of his privacy, Gawker argued the clip was newsworthy and protected by the First Amendment.
The six-person jury reached their verdict just before 7 p.m., after close to six hours of deliberation.
Bollea’s lawsuit named Gawker Media, Nick Denton, Gawker’s founder, and A.J. Daulerio, the former editor-in-chief who published the video, as defendants.
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Gawker Media and Nick Denton troll in dirty politics.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer group of people
Thanks for the video. I opened Free Republic to get news about the Hogan case, since I am not familiar with Gawker.
Jimmy Kimmel pointed out the false headline on Gawker: “When Isn’t Jimmy Kimmel intoxicated?”
Gawker lady: “There is a shifting definition of what is public and what is private.” Wow. No wonder they published Hogan’s private video.
Ah the good ole days!
Then a certain retired wrestler named Hossein Khosrow aka ‘The Sheik’ would in a dither, and be fit to be tied.
it will also provide impetus and fodder for Trump to go after an out of control partisan leftwing press.
Let's go on the offense against Gramscian infiltration!
‘Rhoid rage!
And he nailed his best friends hot wife repeatedly with his permission and encouragement
And according to her between caterwauling Os is blessed with a Johnson make a black man turn green with envy
Some guys I swear...lol....all the luck
https://mobile.twitter.com/Gawker/status/327537977922318337
Then...there’s this. Hey, Gawker, how’d that work for you.
This *and* $115M. Some guys have all the luck.
AWESOME!!! Party time at the Hogan residence.
So, Hulk, whatcha gonna do with your new media site? Pretty sure it'd be a whole lot cheaper for them to just hand over the keys at this point.
Jezebel and Kotaku are part of Gawker Media, which probably will have investors scrambling for cover in other more stable investments.
Jezebel? Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of rabid batsh*t-crazy-foaming-at-the-mouth doctrinaire man-haters & feminists, eh?
...incidentally, what was Jezebel's take on the woman having her privacy violated? Or was that overshadowed by the fact she was having sex with a man instead of a woman?
Hulk is/was a member of the nWo.
If Hulk Hogan made a real Hollywood movie it would not bring in $100 million in receipts but a home made sextape..... I see celebs having their sex tapes released in the near future and then suing.
Double-edged sword for me - the guy boffing his best friend's wife ends up being the "good" guy in the deal.
Wow, thank you for sharing that damning Jimmy Kimmel video. The bubblehead “editor” representing Gawker did the site no favors. No wonder they got their asses handed to them in court. They embody the phrase “reckless and willful disregard for the truth”. She said as much.
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