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In 2015, Gawker sued the FBI for evidence related to an investigation into additional Hogan sex tapes.

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The existence of additional Hogan sex tapes has been part of the background of Gawker's fight with the former pro wrestler over first amendment issues. I had suspicions, but it is now clear that Hogan’s lawsuit was a calculated attempt to prevent Gawker, or anyone else who might obtain evidence of his racism, from publishing a truth more interesting and more damaging than a revelation about his sex life. In fact, according to Denton, there are text messages out there that describe Hogan's motivation in bringing the suit:Īs I have come to learn, Hogan himself put it in a text message to his best friend, the radio shock-jock Bubba Clem, days after we published our story: “We know there’s more than one tape out there and a one that has several racist slurs were told.'Īpparently, the part of Gawker's argument containing information about the additional tapes was not available to the jury that awarded $25 million in punitive damages in addition to the $115 million awarded last week.

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In a post published on Gawker on Tuesday, Denton wrote:Īs our lawyers argued in legal briefs that were kept secret by the trial judge from the public-and even from me-until an appeals court unsealed them on Friday, Hogan filed the claim because he was terrified that one of the other tapes, which memorialized his rant about his daughter dating “f-g n-s,” might emerge. All Rights Reserved.But Gawker founder Nick Denton believes there's another reason why Hogan brought the suit: to prevent the release of additional videos that show him using racial slurs. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates.

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Related: Hulk Hogan not worried about Gawker's appeal: 'I made my point' Bollea's 'real secret' would soon be revealed.' The documents also noted that Gawker CEO Nick Denton wrote in an article shortly before the National Enquirer story was published that 'Mr. containing racially insensitive remarks,' but Gawker was unable to do so because of a protective order 'prohibiting its public dissemination,' the suit states. 'Gawker threatened Plaintiff repeatedly with the public release of a written transcript. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, said in August that the backlash from the controversy caused him to become suicidal. Related: Documents the Hulk Hogan jury didn't get to see