The numbers were a bit startling, though.ĭietrick: It's certainly a huge number and has a chilling effect. You actually said so in public before the verdict even came down. Petersburg, Florida would decide in Hulk Hogan's favor. Heather Dietrick: Thank you, glad to be here.īob: It probably wasn't a huge surprise to you that the jury in St. Heather Dietrick is President and General Counsel of`Gawker Media. Gawker says it will appeal, both on First Amendment grounds, and based on suppressed evidence that Hulk Hogan was not shy about his private parts but about his private thoughts. But that legal strategy was unavailing, so he asked a Florida court to find Gawker liable for invasion of privacy and emotional distress. And, the jury delivered, to the tune of $115 million in compensatory damages plus $25 million more in punitive damages. Gawker's the ultimate bully and I just didn't want it to happen to you or anybody here.īob: Maybe that was his motive in filing suit, although the case began as a claim of copyright infringement. Hogan had asserted that his naked image belonged to him, not Gawker. And, and, especially any kids that are on social media, the kids take pictures of them at high school. Hogan: I made people aware that this shouldn't happen to normal people, you know. Meanwhile, here was Hogan on ABC's The View, explaining his grievance in terms of cyber bullying. If you're prepared to accept this soap opera as a First Amendment test, that dispute matters. Documents unsealed this week show Bubba said Hogan certainly did know. Hogan claims he didn't know Bubba had wired his bedroom with cameras. It features Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, in flagrante delicto with the then wife of his friend, a shock jock whose legal name is, of course, Bubba the Love Sponge Clem. The battle focuses on a nearly two-minute excerpt of a sex tape made in 2007 that Gawker published in 2012. Almost every detail of the legal battle between the American wrestler Hulk Hogan and the website Gawker is salacious. Bob: This is a special podcast edition of On the Media.
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