On friday, gawker media lost a gigantic lawsuit over the publication of a sex tape in 2012, brought against it by former pro wrestler hulk hogan, who appeared in the footage. Terry bollea, aka hulk hogan, during court testimony in his trial against gawker media at the pinellas county courthouse on march 8, 2016 in st petersburg, florida. A lawful order from a circuit court judge is a serious thing. Pro wrestler hulk hogan won one of his most notable victories in a florida courtroom Hogan died thursday at age 71, nearly a decade after he sued the website gawker for publishing a video that showed him having sex with a friend's wife. Hulk hogan's sex tape scandal and the subsequent legal case that ended gawker media were a harbinger of many things to come in america's media landscape.
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