GAWKER MEDIA, LLC v. BOLLEA

No. 2D15-2857.

170 So.3d 125 (2015)

GAWKER MEDIA, LLC; Nick Denton; and A.J. Daulerio, Petitioners, v. Terry Gene BOLLEA, professionally known as HULK HOGAN, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas and Rachel E. Fugate of Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa; and Seth D. Berlin and Alia L. Smith of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schultz, LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, for Petitioners.

David M. Caldevilla of de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A., Tampa; Kenneth G. Turkel and Christina K. Ramirez of Bajo Cuva Cohen & Turkel, P.A., Tampa; and Charles J. Harder and Douglas E. Mirell of Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent.


This controversy sprang from a seed planted sometime in 2006, when Terry Bollea, a celebrated former professional wrestler known publicly as "Hulk Hogan," had sex with Heather Clem, then married to Bollea's friend Todd Clem, a "shock jock" radio personality whose nom de scène is "Bubba the Love Sponge." The encounter was videotaped...

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