“The amount of that verdict could already be debilitating for Gawker Media,” Sullivan said. 300-pound wrestler named Terry Bollea after Gawker published a 40-second video of Hogan having sex with the wife of a radio DJ. The $115 million judgment “is punishment enough” and “is already far beyond their means.” Gawker was once one of the most infamous websites in US media. Michael Sullivan, representing Gawker, said the New York Media company has “heard your judgment and we take it very seriously.” Jurors have “an ability to send a message,” Turkel said, adding that Gawker acted with reckless disregard when it posted an edited version of the sex video. Bill O’Reilly called Gawker garbage and praised Hulk Hogan for shutting down the controversial website on The O’Reilly Factor Tuesday night. Turkel asked the jury to decide on a punitive amount as both punishment to Gawker and a deterrent to other media companies. They said Daulerio has $27,000 in student loan debt. Gawker Media is worth $83 million, the lawyers said.ĭaulerio, the editor, has no assets, the lawyers said. Gawker’s lawyer pleaded that the existing verdict was already “debilitating” for the company.ĭuring brief closing arguments Monday, Hogan’s lawyer Kenneth Turkel said Gawker Media’s gross revenues in 2015 were $48.7 million and that founder Nick Denton has a total of $121 million, including a $3.6 million Manhattan condo. Hogan’s lawyer had asked jurors Monday to add punitive damages to the $115 million judgment.
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Hogan said he didn’t know he was being taped. Zennie62 Hulk Hogan Heather Clem Gawker Sex Tape Leak Trial Hides TruthThe truth is Gawker is not telling now much in page view gain it realized from showin. Hogan sued Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with his then-best friend’s wife. In April 2013, Gawker wrote, 'A judge told us to take down our Hulk Hogan sex tape post. Judge Pamela Campbell issued an injunction ordering Gawker to take down the clip. Denton cited the First Amendment and argued that the accompanying commentary had news value. The punitive damages come on top of a $115 million the jury imposed Friday after two weeks of trial. Hogan sent Gawker a cease-and-desist order to take the video down, but Denton refused.
Daulerio, the Gawker editor who decided to post the edited sex video and wrote the post that accompanied it. A Florida jury awarded a total of $25 million in punitive damages Monday in the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial, hitting Gawker Media with a $15 million judgment and its owner, Nick Denton, with $10 million. The long-rumored sex tape featuring Hulk Hogan and his massive wang has finally seen the light of day, after being delivered to Gawker by an anonymous source. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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