"This guy's up in New York sitting behind a computer playing god with other people's lives," Turkel said of Denton.ĭuring closing arguments, Gawker's lawyer, Michael Sullivan, reminded the jurors - who did not view the sex tape - that Hogan asks Bubba the Love Sponge before the encounter, "You're not filming this, are you?" He went on to say that Denton was proud of ruining Hogan's life. ![]() "With a click, he uploads this thing onto the internet and turns this man's life upside down," Turkel said of Daulerio. "I was at a low point in my life and when Bubba said to come to his house, I was just desperate and I went over there and one thing led to another."ĭuring closing arguments, at the end of a three-week trial, Hogan's lawyer Kenneth Turkel said Gawker didn't have the "decency" to contact anyone in the video for comment. "I'm torn, my family is torn," Hogan said in court, describing the impact that the release of the tape had on his life. The clip, though posted in 2012, was recorded in 2007 - a time Hogan described a as a "low point" in his life due to the problems he was having with his then-wife Linda. "We're generally rather relaxed and confident about our financial position," Denton said. However, in an interview with BuzzFeed News days before the trial began, Denton said he felt more confident because Gawker had raised outside investment funds. Last year, Denton said that millions of dollars in damages could shut down Gawker Media. Hogan maintains he did not know he was being filmed at the time of the encounter. Hogan - whose real name is Terry Bollea - sued Gawker Media for $100 million for publishing the clip without his consent, causing him "severe emotional distress," his lawyers said during the trial. "Given that key evidence and the most important witness were both improperly withheld from this jury, we all know the appeals court will need to resolve the case," Denton said. In a statement issued after the verdict, Denton vowed to appeal the case, saying, "we have already begun preparing, as we expect to win this case ultimately."
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