#Hulk hogan gawker trial
Now that the judge has determined what Gawker must pay, the case moves to the appellate stage where the Nick Denton-owned company is set to rally behind free speech and free press under the First Amendment plus further argue that it didn’t get a fair trial thanks to Campbell’s jury instructions and evidence that the judge precluded from being heard. We live in a world where privacy is much more important. You can throw all those other cases out the window.”Įxplaining further, Vogt said, “For the first time, the jury has put a value on privacy. He also said this “is a first-impression case. He said the $25 million punitive damages verdict was “low,” but also “proof” that the jury followed the judge’s instruction not to bankrupt Gawker. In response, Hogan’s attorney Shane Vogt argued that Gawker was stopped from making these arguments and said there’s no evidence that the jury acted with passion or prejudice. He commented that it would be “one of the largest in Florida’s history and grossly excessive compared to the conduct at issue.” The jury handed down $115 million in compensatory damages and $25 million more in punitive damages.Īt the hearing Wednesday, Gawker’s attorney Seth Berlin urged a remittitur (a reducing or throwing out a jury verdict) and compared the jury’s damages determination to awards against tobacco companies in trials over smoking deaths. Gawker attempted to argue that it was within its First Amendment right to decide what was newsworthy, but after a two-week trial that ended in May, a jury decided that Hogan’s privacy outweighed this. Daulerio essay about celebrity sex tapes. The existence of the sex tape was reported by TMZ and The Dirty by the time that Gawker had published it alongside an A.J. Hogan - whose real name is Terry Bollea - pursued Gawker for showing him in sexual intercourse with Heather Cole, the then-wife of his best friend, Tampa-area radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge.
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