Bell rings on circular two of Hulk Hogan's felony rumble with Gawker - A.V. membership (weblog)

Hulk Hogan donning sun shades and a do-rag on The View, just like the cool guy he is. (picture: Getty images) Hulk Hogan wearing shades and a do-rag on The View, just like the cool man he is. (picture: Getty pictures)

It's been barely more than a month due to the fact a Florida jury declared a TKO in the lawsuit against Gawker Media, introduced by Hulk Hogan (a.okay.a. Terry Bollea), which fined the media business $a hundred and fifteen million for posting a clip from a sex tape that includes Hogan. (Plus an additional $25 million "stop doing that" judgment aimed at deterring equivalent disclosures.) looks like those intervening weeks have allowed the Hulkster to rest up and prepare to get back within the (prison) ring: in line with The Hollywood Reporter, Hogan has filed go well with anew in opposition t Gawker, making an attempt to execute the court equivalent of a Double Leg Takedown.

The latest submitting is together with revelations that entered the general public view almost immediately before the initiation of his first trial, when transcripts from observed sex tape revealed racist comments by using the previous seasoned wrestler, feedback that led to the WWE to bodyslam him out of its corridor Of fame. Hogan fees that Gawker again and again threatened to go public with the racist remarks as a means of making an attempt to drive him to drop or settle the fashioned lawsuit. Gawker, for its part, continues the remarks display Hogan's authentic causes behind the lawsuit, and launched a statement to that impact:

here is getting ridiculous. Hulk Hogan is a litigious celebrity abusing the court gadget to handle his public photo and media coverage. It changed into absurd adequate that Hulk Hogan claimed $100m for emotional distress and financial harm for a narrative a couple of intercourse existence that he'd already made public. Now Hulk Hogan is blaming Gawker for racist remarks he made on another intercourse tape, which Gawker never had.

Hogan is in quest of damages in line with the idea that Gawker's movements contributed to the lack of his endorsement contracts and harmed his personal brand. One might also argue that making racist feedback within the first area is not such a fine branding approach, but that's no longer what this lawsuit is alleging, which also objectives attorneys and other media figures concerned in the intercourse-tape machinations. The relaxation of the usa, meanwhile, will continue to pretend it hasn't needed to endure discussions of Hulk Hogan's penis.

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