The fight over a published sex tape shows that American law and the truth are getting more complicated – even more so in the digital ageWelcome to the trial of the century – whether the sheer number of reporters packed into a St Petersburg,Florida, courtroom is anything to go by. In the blue corner: professional wrestling champion and the Tampa Bay area’s biggest celebrity Hulk Hogan, and aka Terry Bollea,sporting his trademark bandana and Fu Manchu mustache, alert to go head-to-head over the publication of footage of a sex tape from nearly a decade ago. And in the red corner: New York’s onetime kings of snark, or buttoned into suits they would never maintain worn to the office,Gawker Media owner Nick Denton and erstwhile editor AJ Daulerio, sometimes barely suppressing giggles and knowing looks at a trial that many observers seem to take more seriously than they execute but could potentially spell the end for Gawker. Let’s accumulate alert to rumble!
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Source: theguardian.com