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Jury sides with Hulk Hogan in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker & awards him $115m
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How can this be real?
He would be OK with posting a "sex tape" (abuse tape) if the child was 5 years or older?
FelixOrion
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he tried to walk it back in person as being 'flippant' (which, if you want the video deposition, you do get that from his pause/tone) but still I'm glad he got put personally on the hook too. Dude is fucked.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Did... Did I say that? Like... At all?
For the record, I do believe Nick Denton and the Gawker staff do deserve what happened. They objectively did something wrong and deliberately disobeyed a court order. The jury was in the right, and while it sucks for those not at fault who are affected, you can't immunize a company from consequences because some employees will be unfairly put out. Because then virtually no company ever could be sued, which is of course absurd.
Also for the record, Hulk Hogan is a shitbag, but that's completely irrelevant to the law and legal justice.
But when I see stuff like "Maybe this will teach Kotaku to not shit on its constituents when they are reliant on them for hits if they get picked up by someone else." and self-justifying vitriol towards Kotaku writers not connected to this case, it's pretty clear to me certain elements around this topic are celebrating because they're Gaters.
If that is snark then they don't get the gravity of a court case like this and they were destined to fail.
And Daulerio was found personally liable, so his life is totally fucked. I bet he wishes that he hadn't acted like such an asshole in the trial.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Gawker's fate was sealed with this deposition. Dude came off like a massive shithead and jury buried them for it.
bearythebear
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Here's a good article about the case http://www.capitalnewyork.com/artic...ds-hulk-hogan-115-million-gawker-looks-appeal
Gawker could appeal on paying the bond and then appeal to get the case overturned.
Gawker could appeal on paying the bond and then appeal to get the case overturned.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Exactly, which adds to the schadenfreude of this whole thing. Smarmy little shit thought he was being cute.
Cheetos is Pretty Awesome
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What a strange dude. You'd think you'd WANT to act a little sympathetic if you were gonna be liable for such a huge sum.
Pristine_Condition
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L33T Hax0rZ, bro.
So basically if you're already rich you get an even bigger amount of money than if you were less rich ?
Rich people keep getting richer.
TheTylerRob
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Privacy doesn't matter if they say the n word. - gawker defenders
Gawker was a garbage factory. Even if Hogan is an asshole.
Gawker was a garbage factory. Even if Hogan is an asshole.
What I have learned in this topic is that if you are outraged by Gawker and are celebrating this victory you are a closet GGer and possibly a racist sympathizer.
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Boy is that a stupid way to think.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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This was absolutely cold blooded and made me not feel sorry for Gawker in this case. The site had a serious problem with understanding what kind of exposes are in public interest or not.
Having the opinion this is a fair ruling doesn't even make someone anti-Gawker, let alone a Gater. I enjoy some Gawker-owned sites but I still think they're in the wrong here.
Although I can see that some people have been coming in here to post nothing but glee at Gawker's demise. Still, Gawker has made a lot of people angry as numerous examples have posted here have shown, not just Gaters.
theSlacker
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Didn't they also run a story about how shitty another site was for not taking down the photos when requested as well? Think that is what I always see linked when people talk about the "links" between that instance and this one.
Guess I could look it up on my own instead of just asking...
Again, there is still a difference between Jezebel and Gawker proper and clearly different people in the same overall company can have different opinions on things, but it just wasn't a good look.
If you trade on your name, and they damage your name, naturally any award is going to be higher. The celebrity factors in because it's basically his business.
Calamari41
41 > 38
Think of it this way. If I crash into a Camry, I'm going to be on the hook for a lot less than if I crash into a Maserati.
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Well you hurt my friends, and you hurt my pride,
I gotta be a man; I can't let it slide,
I'm sorry if I was insulting in bringing up GG. I just thought that some of the hate around Gawker must have come from GG (especially looking at the replies to Patrick Klepek's tweet posted earlier). I was not saying anti Gawker = GG, or accusing anyone of being apart of GG, I was just saying there might be a connection. Particularly because people seem to be enjoying this whole thing so much, which I personally find distasteful. I was just bringing up some points about the strange reaction to this whole thing, apologies if I misrepresented anyone, or caused you any offense, it wasn't intended.
"bu bu bu JOBS!"
Well maybe their jobs weren't worth shit if they work to further a company like that^. I swear, people would cry over the jobs of chemo technicians if cancer was cured.
This is exactly it. They were undone by the very attitude everyone hated them for from the start. This arrogant, snarky, 'we're above all of this nonsense' bullshit. It's delicious.
FelixOrion
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This is Gawker, we're talking about though. They attract a very special breed of narcissist to their payroll.
Even if they appeal, they have to put $50million into an escrow so something has to give. They;ll have to liquidate something.
Gotta Fork over $50,000,000.00 if they wanna appeal
This case wasn't about Hulk being a racist cunt. It was about invasion of privacy and the damage that caused.
50 millions bones, brother.
Calamari41
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Not to mention that their team of lawyers isn't working on contingency here.
Pristine_Condition
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That's how the "actual damages" part works. If you were going to make "x" but now you aren't making "x" you get paid accordingly. But that's just a part of the judgement.
This is more succinct than my own answer.
Besides, if Terry Bollea was an anonymous bus driver in Tampa, Gawker wouldn't have published his sex tape.
Yep, anybody using this shitshow to take pops at Kotaku (who's staff had nothing to do with any of this at all, yet are some of the people most likely to lose out because of it) is pretty scummy.
Even if they're not Gators, they're dancing to a very crocodilian tune.
RockTurtle
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fighting game community? DOA fans? japanese animation fans? i'm sorry could you be more specific what part of a hate group i belong to?
dont be passive aggressive you can quote me directly. Totilo and his people have done shady shit in the past that's been well documented. Just because GGers hate on them for the those same reasons doesn't suddenly magically erase the gawker style dealings they partook in.
stop using GG as some sort of excuse or relief from culpation for the type of culture gawker had in its sites. It's not like gawker hasn't been at this long before GG.
theSlacker
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I really thought this was fake when people were first talking about it. I can not imagine a world where posting the video itself in an instance like that would be considered newsworthy, even if you are reporting on the existence of the tape. Like best I can hope is that he wasn't taking the question seriously but he is going to be paying for that for a while.
You know we only found about the racist remarks after the lawsuit was set?
And how it was about Gawker's refusal to take down the video after a court order told them to?
Being against racism doesn't mean you encourage invasion of privacy by not punishing it.
That's pretty silly, of course if your net worth and earnings potential is higher you should be awarded a higher sum. It's common sense. And if Erin Andrews's trouble was worth $55m then Hogan getting $115m is probably low.
Probably being a Nyotengu fan. You guys are known to be vile
How can someone be a mark, job, and be involved with a shoot at the same time.
Sorry, that was the impression I got from your reply in the context of what the person you replied to wrote. But as I've also said, I can see some people's replies are simply celebrating the potential demise of Kotaku and whatnot and that is certainly a bit suss.
Basileus777
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This is pretty bullish on Gawker's chances of getting the bond waived and winning their appeal.
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Who would think teens born in the 2000s cared so much about the effects of litigation about the life of a 1980s star.
Survivor Series 1997.
manfestival
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Hulk reigns and bubba is still garbage and taking the back seat. SUCK IT BTLS!
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