![]() ![]() In 2006, Bollea was videotaped while having sex with Heather Clem at trial he claimed that the videotaping was without his knowledge or consent. ![]() On November 2, 2016, Gawker reached a $31 million settlement with Bollea. Gawker Media's assets, not including the namesake website, were subsequently sold to Univision Communications. Three months after the verdict, Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and put itself up for sale. In March 2016, the jury found Gawker Media liable and awarded Bollea $115 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. Prior to trial, Bollea's lawyers said the privacy of many Americans was at stake while Gawker's lawyers said that the case could hurt freedom of the press in the United States. Bollea's claims included invasion of privacy, infringement of personality rights, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as Hulk Hogan, sued Gawker Media, publisher of the Gawker website, and several Gawker employees and Gawker-affiliated entities, for posting portions of a sex tape of Bollea with Heather Clem, at that time the wife of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. Gawker was a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida, delivering a verdict on March 18, 2016. 2012), motion to remand granted, Bollea v. Daulerio Kate Bennert, and Blogwire Hungary Szellemi Alkotast Hasznosito KFT aka Gawker Media, Defendants aka Gawker Media Gawker Entertainment, LLC Gawker Technology, LLC Gawker Sales, LLC Nick Denton A.J. Heather Clem Gawker Media, LLC aka Gawker Media Gawker Media Group, Inc. Terry Gene Bollea, professionally known as Hulk Hogan, Plaintiff, v. On December 22, 2016 the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan, and on Mathe Plan became effective.Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, Florida The Bankruptcy Court held a hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan on Decemat 10:00 a.m. Bernstein of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”), in Room 723, One Bowling Green, New York, New York 10004-1408, was held on November 3, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. Please click below to view and download the Debtors' First Day Motions and Orders:Ĭase Management Order Plan & Disclosure StatementĪ hearing on the Debtors' motion to consider (i) the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement (ii) the solicitation procedures with respect to confirmation of the Plan (iii) the form of ballots and notices in connection therewith and (iv) the scheduling of certain dates related thereto, was held before the Honorable Stuart M. (EST), to consider the efficient administration of the case. The final hearing on the First Day Motions and an Initial Case Management Conference was held in Room 723, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, New York 10004 on Thursday, Jat 2:00 p.m. (ET)Ī hearing on the Debtors' First Day Motions was held on June 15, 2016, before the Honorable Stuart M.
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