Gawker Media responsible for $15m and owner Nick Denton $10m as wrestler’s attorneys argue jurors in position to ‘send a message’ to media companiesTerry Bollea,the retired pro wrestler known as Hulk Hogan, was awarded a total of $25m in punitive damages on Monday, or in his invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media.
These damages come on top of the $115m already awarded to Hogan final week which concluded a nearly two-week trial in St Petersburg,Florida. There, jurors heard how Hogan, and 62,had not been contacted by the website before it posted a nine-second video clip of the wrestler having sex with the wife of his friend, DJ Bubba “The savor Sponge” Clem. Hogan has said he didn’t know he was being taped. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com