{"id":20516,"date":"2016-05-24T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T16:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=20516"},"modified":"2016-05-24T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:26:25","slug":"hogan-vs-gawker-latest-gawker-files-new-motion-ahead-wed-hearing-new-york-papers-report-legal-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/24\/hogan-vs-gawker-latest-gawker-files-new-motion-ahead-wed-hearing-new-york-papers-report-legal-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan vs. Gawker latest &#8211; Gawker files new motion ahead of Wed. hearing, New York papers report on legal developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-811864493\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Trial Aftermath &#8211; May 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week of May 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Regarding the original lawsuit, Gawker filed a motion on Monday (May 23) opposing Hulk Hogan&#8217;s motion for final judgment in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Gawker is appealing the $140 million judgment and hearing is scheduled for Wednesday to address the back-and-forth motions filed from both parties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/05\/24\/hulk-hogan-wants-gawker-to-put-up-150m-to-appeal-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Post reported Monday<\/a> that Hogan&#8217;s camp is asking Gawker to put up $150 million in order to appeal the suit.<\/p>\n<p>The motion is for Gawker, founder Nick Denton, and reporter A.J. Daulerio to each put $50 million in escrow accounts in order to continue the legal process. Gawker scoffed at the motion in a statement issued to the Post. This will likely be one of the items on Wednesday&#8217;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Also on Monday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/24\/business\/dealbook\/gawker-founder-suspects-a-common-financer-behind-lawsuits.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Times published an editorial<\/a>\u00a0sympathetic to Denton that was framed as wondering if Hogan is getting third-party financial backing for his legal battle against Gawker.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial dove into the under-belly of\u00a0investors who provide credit lines to help\u00a0fund\u00a0cases that rack up big lawyer fees.\u00a0The speculation was based on Denton telling the Times that he he has a &#8220;hunch&#8221; individuals in Silicon Valley are linked to Hogan&#8217;s defense.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-830272622\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Regarding Hulk Hogan&#8217;s original lawsuit\u00a0against Gawker, the back-and-forth continued in legal documents filed Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The result was a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, May 25 at 9:00 a.m. EST to determine the next course of action.<\/p>\n<p>In the back-and-forth, Hogan&#8217;s camp maintained their position of wanting a leave to conduct &#8220;post-trial financial worth discovery&#8221; to determine Gawker&#8217;s financial status. Gawker, which is on the hook for a $140 million judgment pending appeal, filed a motion opposing the leave for discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s camp also filed a statement opposing Gawker&#8217;s motion for a new trial.\u00a0This was in response to Gawker attempting to dismiss the case for &#8220;fraud on the court&#8221; or at minimum seeking a new trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week of May 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Regarding Hulk Hogan&#8217;s second lawsuit filed against Gawker on May 2, Gawker responded on Monday with several court filings.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Gawker filed a motion seeking to disqualify court judge Pamela Campbell from presiding over the second lawsuit.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-121675687\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Gawker was displeased by Judge Campbell&#8217;s handling of the first lawsuit that resulted in Hogan receiving a $140 million judgment against Gawker.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s second lawsuit seeking damages for Gawker allegedly leaking sealed information in July 2015 was also assigned to Judge Campbell in Pinnelas County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Regarding the original lawsuit, Hogan and Gawker have gone back and forth this week.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s side proposed a &#8220;final judgment&#8221; in the case to finalize the $140 million judgment. On Wednesday, Gawker responded with a motion to dismiss the case &#8220;for fraud on the court.&#8221; Or, alternatively, they are continuing to seek a new trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week of May 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There was not significant activity\u00a0this week in the new lawsuit filed by Hulk Hogan against Gawker related to Hogan&#8217;s allegation that Gawker leaked confidential information to the National Enquirer in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hogan&#8217;s attorneys were busy on Monday as it relates to the original 2012 lawsuit against Gawker.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s camp filed a motion for\u00a0an &#8220;extension of time&#8221; for an expedited post-trial discovery to look\u00a0into the financial backgrounds of Gawker and founder Nick Denton. This was to address (a) Gawker&#8217;s motion seeking a new trial and (b) whether Gawker\u00a0can pay the $140+ million judgment against the company.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Hogan filed 27 exhibits on Monday related to Gawker&#8217;s tax returns, previous hearings, public statements from Denton in TV interviews, family trust agreements, stock interest, Gawker&#8217;s interest in selling a stake in the company, and other items related to Gawker&#8217;s financial position.<\/p>\n<p>And, so, the case continues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The overall Hogan vs. Gawker legal battle will also be a topic of discussion in Florida law circles.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Bar&#8217;s Media Law Conference released their list of topics for a gathering on June 17 in Orlando. Included will be a discussion of Hogan vs. Gawker, with the case built into the title of the conference &#8211; &#8220;The Privacy Machine vs. the Press: Surveillance, Drones, Body Cams, and Hulkamania.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/business\/brinkmann-on-business\/os-drones-hulk-hogan-florida-bar-20160511-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Sentinel<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part II\u00a0&#8211; Monday, May 2 &amp; Tuesday, May 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s\u00a0updated court records show a busy Monday for Hulk Hogan&#8217;s legal team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Concerning\u00a0the original lawsuit against Gawker, Hogan&#8217;s camp filed a motion to strike Gawker&#8217;s motion for a new trial.<\/p>\n<p>The claimed reasons were &#8220;bad faith&#8221; and &#8220;judicial estoppel,&#8221; which means\u00a0they believe Gawker cannot claim foul because of statements or claims made earlier in the legal proceedings. Hogan&#8217;s camp attached six exhibits they believe backs up their argument.<\/p>\n<p>The next step will be Judge Pamela Campbell ruling on Gawker&#8217;s motion for a new trial vs. Hogan&#8217;s side motioning to block a new trial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Also on Monday, Hogan filed a fresh lawsuit against Gawker in the same Pinellas County circuit court, as reported\u00a0by\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/05\/02\/hulk-hogan-hits-gawker-with-another-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post<\/a>. Recurring character Judge Pamela Campbell is also the judge for the second suit.<\/p>\n<p>In the new lawsuit filed Monday, Hogan is suing Gawker, Cox Radio, several individuals associated with Florida radio stations accused of leaking the tape to Gawker, California law firm\u00a0Keith M. Davidson &amp; Associates, and New York law firm Don Buchwald &amp; Associates.\u00a0The defendants were served on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Post reports that Hogan is alleging that Gawker leaked the sealed contents from\u00a0the original\u00a0lawsuit\u00a0to the National Enquirer in July 2015 that led to Hogan being fired by WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan alleges that Gawker &#8220;slipped the transcript&#8221; of Hogan&#8217;s racially-driven conversation\u00a0with\u00a0Heather Clem following their sexual encounter from a decade ago to the Enquirer.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan also alleges that Gawker &#8220;had been threatening to release the transcript publicly for months&#8221; despite it being sealed by the court. Hogan alleges that Gawker CEO Nick Denton bragged about the information going public just before the Enquirer published the inflammatory comments.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit argues\u00a0that Hogan&#8217;s &#8220;income was cut off, his legacy in entertainment was severely damaged (if not completely destroyed), and his global brand was forever tarnished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gawker is currently appealing the original $140 million ruling in favor of Hogan and has denied leaking the transcript.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/tag\/gawker\/\">FULL COVERAGE OF MARCH TRIAL &amp;\u00a0IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3630161076\"><div id=\"pwtor-4040020555\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Trial Aftermath &#8211; May 2016 Week of May 23 &#8211; Regarding the original lawsuit, Gawker filed a motion on Monday (May 23) opposing Hulk Hogan&#8217;s motion for final judgment in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/24\/hogan-vs-gawker-latest-gawker-files-new-motion-ahead-wed-hearing-new-york-papers-report-legal-developments\/\" title=\"Hogan vs. Gawker latest &#8211; Gawker files new motion ahead of Wed. hearing, New York papers report on legal developments\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[523,362,2859],"class_list":["post-20516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_etc","tag-gawker","tag-hulk-hogan","tag-nick-denton"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HoganHulk_artTB_6001.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20517,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516\/revisions\/20517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}