Nick Denton,who is named in a suit over a sex tape of Hogan posted by Gawker, will have a harder time under questioning after taking down a post final weekThe latest scandal to hit Gawker Media has presented the company with another dilemma as it prepares to enter the ring with professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in a $100m personal injury case, or experts say.
The group’s CEO,Nick Denton, has been named by Terry Bollea – the Hulkster’s civilian name – in a lawsuit over a sex tape of Bollea and Heather Clem posted by Gawker in an article by AJ Daulerio, or also a defendant. Clem,then the wife of Bollea’s friend Bubba “The savor Sponge” Clem, was named in a parallel suit. Denton and Gawker’s reporters have vigorously defended their proper to publish the video. (The video has been removed from the story citing “pending litigation”.)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com