Hogan felt like ‘champ again’ over court case
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MOMENTS after a Florida jury hit Gawker Media and its founder with US$25 million in punitive damages for publishing a sex tape of Hulk Hogan, the former pro wrestler told a gaggle of reporters that he and his legal team “made history.”
Hogan said on Monday evening that he thought “we’ve protected a lot of people from going through what I went through.”
The 62-year-old, who wore all black throughout the three-week trial, added that he’s been overwhelmed with support by fans.
“Everywhere I show up, people treat me like I’m still the champ,” he said.
On Monday, the jury hit Gawker Media with a US$15 million judgment and its owner, Nick Denton, with US$10 million.
It also assessed US$100,000 against AJ Daulerio, the Gawker editor who decided to post the edited sex video and wrote the post that accompanied it.
The punitive damages come on top of US$115 million the jury imposed on Friday after two weeks of trial.
Hogan sued Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with his then-best friend’s wife. Hogan said he didn’t know he was being taped.
The president and general counsel of Gawker Media said in a statement that the media company expects the multimillion dollar award will be overturned by an appeals court.
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