The gossip site, Gawker, released a tape where it appeared Hulk Hogan was having sex with his best friend and radio personality’s “Bubba the Love Sponge’s” wife. Now the hulkster is suing for 100 million dollars! What cha’ gonna’ do, brother? Check out Hulk’s sextape here.
Hulk Hogan — who’s real name is Terry Bollea, claims that the video was taken without his consent and Gawker had no rights to publish the video and violated his privacy rights.
Here’s what Hulk’s attorney Charles Harder had to say about his clients case:
“He has the right to be naked in a private bedroom without the world being permitted to watch,” Harder told FOX411. “The First Amendment does not allow cameras into private [bedrooms] when the subject is not aware of it and does not consent to it—as happened to Mr. Bollea. Gawker and Denton do not have the right to turn bedroom walls into windows.”
But President and General Counsel for Gawker Heather Dietrick says the site is just doing its job.
“Here is this tape of this guy having sex with another man’s wife, with his blessings. No judgment from us,” Dietrick told FOX411 with a chuckle. “Gawker doesn’t care what you do in regard to that. But people should be able to know and make their own decisions as to what is going on in the whole world.”
Dietrick acknowledged that Gawker faces some serious hurdles, but says they have the First Amendment on their side.
“We are facing a trial in Hulk Hogan’s hometown, which is obviously difficult, like them having a home court advantage, but I think that we will be able to tell our story in a persuasive way,” she told us. “I don’t think you have to be a First Amendment scholar to understand the importance of the story, whether or not it’s about a sex tape or some other piece of leaked info – it is important for a reporter to tell a real story in the face of misinformation out there.”
The trial, set for July 6 in Florida, is unprecedented, since it will be the first time a celebrity suing over a leaked sex tape is getting his or her case to a jury.
