Daulerio argued counterintuitively that people liked to watch celebrity tapes because the sex is closer to the average sex the public is familiar with than with what we might imagine celebrity sex to be like. Daulerio about the public's fascination with celebrity sex tapes. In the video Gawker posted, Hogan is shown having sex with Heather Clem, the wife of radio shock job Bubba Clem, also known as "Bubba the Love Sponge." The video was run alongside an October 2012 story written by A.J. The salaciousness of the story aside, this case has the potential to chill all sorts of reporting on wealthy and powerful individuals based on private documents and materials obtained by members of the press. All Rights Reserved.On Tuesday, July 6, a case opens in a courthouse in Florida that could have profound effects on the exercise of free speech on the Internet: Long-time professional wrestler Hulk Hogan is suing Gawker Media for $100 million-enough to put the company out of business-for posting a 90-second excerpt of a sex tape filmed in 2006. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. It's about Hogan and Gawker, and I hope that Gawker has to pay him a lot of money. "Basically I plead the Fifth because I'm done being people's pin cushion around here. "This Hogan trial deal is just, man, I know that I've plead the Fifth because I'm done," Clem said. Contrast that in reference to the conduct of Gawker and ask who did the most damage in reference to his legacy, his personal life and his peace of mind."Ĭlem addressed the trial on his radio show earlier this week, saying he wants to move on from the controversy. Clem's conduct certainly is not appreciated nor approved by Mr. Clem produced prior to the time Gawker posted it? I think if you can ask yourself that question you come to the same conclusion," Houston told. "How many millions of people had seen the video Mr. Related: Hulk Hogan says man beneath the bandana was 'humiliated' Hogan's longtime attorney David Houston said Gawker inflicted more damage on his client than Clem did. "We, of course, think that the small bits of the tape we used are newsworthy and revealed something about this very public controversy." "I think it's telling that he settled with Bubba, who did the recording himself for only $5,000 and is now seeking against a company that presumably has deeper pockets a much, much larger sum," Heather Dietrick, Gawker's president and general counsel, told CNNMoney. In a statement put out on the first day of Hogan's civil trial against Gawker Media earlier this week, Gawker made a point to compare the $100 million sought by the plaintiff "with the $5,000 settlement that Bubba paid Hulk for the actual taping." Bubba "the Love Sponge" Clem Clem's request will be considered Monday. His attorney had previously said Clem intends to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to not testify against himself. Clem could be subject to a state prosecution for perjury or a federal false statement prosecution," the motion stated. "Should these statements prove to be differing, and we do not concede that they are, Mr. But after striking a settlement with Hogan, Clem walked that back.Ĭlem, who has denied being responsible for the tape's leak, has resisted Gawker's efforts to call him as a witness to be questioned about whether Hogan knew he was being filmed.Ī lawyer for Clem filed a motion on Friday asking to be eliminated from the case. Relate: Hulk Hogan's lawyer says Gawker makes millions off peoples' miseryĬlem originally claimed that Hogan, whose real name is Terry Gene Bollea, knew that he was being recorded. The video from a surveillance camera in Clem's bedroom showed Hogan having sex with the radio host's wife at the time, Heather Clem.īubba Clem could be heard on the full tape saying that if he ever wanted to retire, he simply needed to release the video.
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