Hulk Hogan v. Gawker : Hogan wins with a $115M Leg drop.

[DoyleG]

Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million in Privacy Suit Against Gawker

The retired wrestler Hulk Hogan was awarded $115 million in damages on Friday by a Florida jury in an invasion of privacy case against Gawker.com over its publication of a sex tape.

The wrestler, known in court by his legal name, Terry G. Bollea, sobbed as the verdict was announced in late afternoon, according to people in the courtroom. The jury had considered the case for about six hours.

Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker and a defendant in the case, was found personally liable, as was Albert J. Daulerio, the site’s former editor in chief.

The damages awarded to Mr. Bollea were compensatory: $55 million for economic harm, and $60 million for emotional distress. He had asked for a total of $100 million.

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[ColePens]

I seriously hate lawsuits in this country. Absolutely ridiculous. Damages = dollars is one of the dumbest things I've heard of. It ruins so freaking much. As always, I hope the worst for Hogan.

 

[Kimi]

Nono. You should be on Hogan side in this one, he really did get screwed over here. Also, this basically puts Gawker out of business. Which is a burial job you should be happy about.

 

[Paris in Flames]

I'm sure he'll lose most of it in the next divorce.

 

[bruins309]

This can be summed up in two words: Florida jury.

 

[member 116861]

Terry goes over one last time.

 

[BonMorrison]

Must be nice.

 

[Rexy]

I seriously hate lawsuits in this country. Absolutely ridiculous. Damages = dollars is one of the dumbest things I've heard of. It ruins so freaking much. As always, I hope the worst for Hogan.

Same here, but I'm actually glad he won this one. I wouldn't consider this to be a frivolous lawsuit by any means, they ruined him by releasing that tape without his consent.

Plus, did you really expect Gawker to job to Hogan?

 

[MadDevil]

$60 million for emotional distress...

 

[Guardian17]

Good for Hogan.

Whatchew gonna do Gawker when the justice system runs wild on you!

 

[Loosie]

Ouch, but good riddance to Gawker.

 

[ColePens]

Same here, but I'm actually glad he won this one. I wouldn't consider this to be a frivolous lawsuit by any means, they ruined him by releasing that tape without his consent.

Plus, did you really expect Gawker to job to Hogan?

I honestly don't know anything about the sex tape or what Gawker even is. I choose to ignore that ****. Just garbage anyways. But I hope the bout ends in a double DQ loss.

 

[Jussi]

Nono. You should be on Hogan side in this one, he really did get screwed over here. Also, this basically puts Gawker out of business. Which is a burial job you should be happy about.

Yeah, I'm happy he won. Whether he deserves the awarded amount, that's another story. He's definitely suffered financially as a result of this, so he deserves a lot of money.

 

[RockLobster]

Saw this on Twitter, thought it was hilarious:

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

 

[Del Preston]

 

[Emperoreddy]

All I see is Hogan getting over again.

Seriously Gawker is ****ed. They got to pay even if they appeal. Florida law means you pay up and it only gets held after the appeal is won.

Which sucks because I like kotaku and io9.

 

[Rexy]

I honestly don't know anything about the sex tape or what Gawker even is. I choose to ignore that ****. Just garbage anyways. But I hope the bout ends in a double DQ loss.

well it's the reason he was given the Benoit treatment and has miraculously vanished overnight.

 

[Emperoreddy]

well it's the reason he was given the Benoit treatment and has miraculously vanished overnight.

Wait it was in THIS sex tap he was dropping the racial slur bombs?

 

[Rexy]

Wait it was in THIS sex tap he was dropping the racial slur bombs?

the man isn't Randy Spears. He only has the one sextape.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

The video was posted in 2012.

 

[Emperoreddy]

the man isn't Randy Spears. He only has the one sextape.

Wait but he was excommunicated and taken off the hall of fame for a racist rant, not the sex tape (sure it didn't help), but it was after him dropping Nbombs that he started getting scrubbed and all the stories followed from the locker room of him being a racist.

 

[SladeWilson23]

I honestly don't know anything about the sex tape or what Gawker even is. I choose to ignore that ****. Just garbage anyways. But I hope the bout ends in a double DQ loss.

What did he do wrong?

 

[Emperoreddy]

What did he do wrong?

Being Hogan. Even when he is right, the ****er is still wrong.

I'm hoping in the appeal it ends with a brawl to the back double count out. No one wants to do the job here.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

He was unknowingly filmed while having sex and someone (Bubba) sold the tape to gawker who then released it.