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Exemplification Essay: The Hulk Hogan Sex Video Cases

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A Florida judge was asked by a group of media outlets to make documentations in the American professional wrestler - Hulk Hogan sex video case public.

Terry Gene Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, is instituting a legal proceedings against the news website Gawker for posting a video of him having sex with the ex-wife of his friend.

Hulk Hogan is asserting that Gawker invaded his privacy when the website posted a video clip that showed Hulk Hogan having sex with Heather Clem, the ex-wife of radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem. The wrestler is suing for them for $100 million.

Nick Denton, the British journalist, internet entrepreneur, founder and proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media, claimed that the New York-based company had the legal entitlement to publish the sex video of Hulk Hogan, for the reason that the wrestler …show more content…

Gawker filed a public records entreaty in federal court for more facts to be provided about the investigation, and the Florida judge ordered it released. But, the judge sealed the records, when it went into public record in the civil suit.

On Thursday, Media companies, including the Associated Press, asked for those records to be opened to the public.

The lawyer for Holland and Knight, who is appointed to speak for the media companies - Charles Tobin, stated, "It's highly unorthodox for this much secrecy to surround a civil proceeding," "Usually, whether it's a celebrity or an average citizen, once you ask the court to help solve a disagreement you open the proceedings up to public review. What's going on in the case of Hulk Hogan certainly is not the standard when it comes to public transparency of the courts."

The trial of Hulk Hogan against Gawker is scheduled for March 2016 in Pinellas County Court in St. Petersburg, Forida.

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