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#1 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/15/2021 #12

In 2012, former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea) sued the news and gossip website Gawker for posting a sex tape of him online. (Hogan won a $140 million verdict against Gawker, which ended up settling for $31 million in a legal fight that led to the media company’s bankruptcy.) #HulkHogan #Gawker
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#2 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/18/2022 #17

In 2016, a jury in St. Petersburg, FL, sided with the law ex-pro wrestler Hulk Hogan, awarding him $115 million in compensatory damages in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker Media. (three days later, the jury awarded $25 million in punitive damages; Gawker, which ended up going bankrupt, finally settled with Hogan for $31 million.) #HulkHogan #Gawker
#HulkHogan #Gawker

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