Hulk i tårar efter domen – får 944 miljoner för sexfilm
Juryn valde Hulk Hogans sida och dömde i natt amerikanska Gawker att betala 115 miljoner dollar i skadestånd, sedan nöjessajten 2012 publicerat en film där Hogan har sex med sin bästa väns fru.
– Jag blev totalt förödmjukad, sa Hogan under rättegången.
Den storväxta wrestlaren, som egentligen heter Terry Bollea, började gråta när juryn läste upp domen.
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Hulk Hogan
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Terry Gene Bollea (born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur and rock bassist.
Bollea enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as the all-American character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan', the villainous nWo leader, in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A regular pay-per-views headliner in both organizations, Hogan closed the respective premier annual events of the WWF and WCW, WrestleMania and Starrcade, on multiple occasions. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He was signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2009 until 2013, where he was the on-screen General Manager and occasional wrestler. IGN described Hogan as "the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the '80s".
Hogan is a twelve-time world champion; a six-time WWF/E World Heavyweight Champion and six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He was the first wrestler to win consecutive Royal Rumbles, in 1990 and 1991.
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Gawker
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Gawker is an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers and based in New York City, focusing on celebrities and the media industry. The blog promotes itself as "the source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip", but has come under scrutiny for the use of illegally obtained videos. According to third-party web analytics provider SimilarWeb, the site has over 23 million visits per month as of 2015. Founded in 2003, Gawker is the flagship blog for Denton's Gawker Media. Gawker Media also manages other blogs such as Jezebel, Deadspin, and Kotaku.
The site's editor-in-chief and executive editor resigned in July 2015 when Denton removed a controversial post from the site without their support, solely on the basis that it could be considered defamatory and was based on a single source- a male prostitute. In October 2015, Alex Pareene was announced as the new editor-in-chief.
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