Cristobal Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 I believe the answer, legally speaking, is "Fuck Gawker." 2
Reed Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Lets just go all out: Ambrose & Hogan for True Detective season 3 It can't be worse than season 2. Truly it can't.
Reed Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 TMZ says the $115 mil is just compensatory damages, and that punitive damages could be as high as nearly $350 million. Hulk Hogan getting $465mil for a website posting his sex tape seems just as disgusting as the idea that Hulk Hogan has a sex tape. Didn't Erin Andrews only get $55mil? What's going on here? Legally speaking, Hogan probably won't get anything close to even $115 million. He might get a lot, of course, but not that much. It all depends on the appeal (which usually tend to lower the amount) and whether or not Gawker can even stay in business.
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Is that Hulk Hogan's big "champagne bottle", or Terry Bollea's? I'm confused. 2
SorceressKnight Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 It's Rip's So if Terry Bollea doesn't have a ten inch penis, and Hulk Hogan does, how big would Rip's be- and does this make Vince's original plan for See No Evil to be a sequel to No Holds Barred?
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 It's Rip's So if Terry Bollea doesn't have a ten inch penis, and Hulk Hogan does, how big would Rip's be- and does this make Vince's original plan for See No Evil to be a sequel to No Holds Barred? I think Terry and Hulk's cancel each other out, so Rip is like Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.
AquariumDrinker Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I'm in awe of Hogan's legal team for convincing a jury he had actual damages. This is a dangerous precedent, and while Gawker may be scumbags, it could hurt real journalists.
Cristobal Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 If they aren't scumbags doing scumbag things like Gawker did, they should be fine. 1
MonteCarl Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Didn't the release of the tape show his racist stuff and thus lose him his WWE contract and other endorsement deals? That would certainly be direct damages to him due to the release, probably not near $115 million, but at least the low 7 digits
Brian Fowler Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 But the lawsuit want about the tape leaking at all. It was about the clips they put online. In fact, that stuff didn't leak until after he sued
rzombie1988 Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 It's Rip's So if Terry Bollea doesn't have a ten inch penis, and Hulk Hogan does, how big would Rip's be- and does this make Vince's original plan for See No Evil to be a sequel to No Holds Barred? Stan Hansen says Rip has a teeny wanger. What a jockass. 5
muhammedboehm Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 For the DVDVR legal team what does the law say if the award is upheld but gawker shuts down?
AxB Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 This lawsuit was in Florida, right? Home of America's most comical bankruptcy laws? They ain't paying shit.
The Nature Boy Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 This lawsuit was in Florida, right? Home of America's most comical bankruptcy laws? They ain't paying shit. Bankruptcy is a federal thing. States can't handle bankruptcies.
AxB Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I thought the whole OJ moves to Florida thing was because in Florida you can declare yourself bankrupt without actually having to prove you haven't got any money... so if you've lost a civil lawsuit to somebody and have to give them millions of dollars, you can just keep your money and not pay them?
CookieMueller Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I've been very curious about this as well. If Gawker folds and/or declares bankruptcy how does the debt shift to a single person (or even a group of people)?
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Corporate bankruptcy works much differently than personal bankruptcy, so I'm sincerely doubtful that Hogan will see much of the money he's been awarded. Also, Jeff Hardy has decided to donate his brain to science after he dies.
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Corporate bankruptcy works much differently than personal bankruptcy, so I'm sincerely doubtful that Hogan will see much of the money he's been awarded. Also, Jeff Hardy has decided to donate his brain to science after he dies. Haha. I heard science said "No Thanks". 8
Technico Support Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I've been very curious about this as well. If Gawker folds and/or declares bankruptcy how does the debt shift to a single person (or even a group of people)? Multiperson "Bankruptcy Debt on a Pole" match 2
Zakk_Sabbath Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Kevin Nash, Mick Foley, and RVD are also doing it from what I understand.
Cristobal Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 ...having a multi person Bankruptcy debt on a pole match? 4
Technico Support Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Kevin Nash, Mick Foley, and RVD are also doing it from what I understand. "Doctor, we can't tell where the brain damage due to weed ends and the brain damage due to folding chairs begins."
DTTW Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Kevin Nash, Mick Foley, and RVD are also doing it from what I understand. "Doctor, we can't tell where the brain damage due to weed ends and the brain damage due to folding chairs begins." I'm actually very curious to know if RVD and Hardy's substance abuse will impact the results of this testing. Will such things matter?
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