Hogan was awarded $140 million and Gawker lost again when the judge refused their request for appeal.
Not Hogan’s finest hour - but personal ethics were not on trial here. You may be aware that the suit revolved around Gawker publishing a sex tape of Hogan with a friend’s wife. The original case pitted Hogan’s right to privacy against Gawker’s freedom of the press.
Nearly a decade ago, Gawker outed Thiel as a gay man, and at the time Thiel vowed to get even. When it became public knowledge that PayPal co-founder and Christian billionaire Peter Thiel had financed Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker for invasion of privacy, old news became news again.
