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HOGAN NEWS: More racially-driven comments released from last decade, plus court hearing scheduled for Friday to review Hogan's accusations against Gawker

Jul 29, 2015 - 11:12:17 PM
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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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The ongoing Hulk Hogan Story has two additional elements.

(1) More racially-driven comments from Hulk Hogan last decade were made public on Wednesday. Bay News 9 in Florida released portions of Hogan's jailhouse phone calls with his son, Nick Bollea, from May 2008. This was when Bollea was in jail following his auto accident in August 2007 that left close friend John Graziano disabled.

During the conversation, Hogan used the n-word in wrestling carney trying to level with Nick after "sitting on some serious phone dialogue." He also talked about wanting a favorable jail situation for Nick after reviewing the racial break down of a juvenile facility that included "blizz (black)" inmates."

The most inflammatory comment was Hogan getting metaphysical mixing reincarnation, his unconventional views on spirituality, and race.

"You know that God gave you this vibe and this, this, energy that you and I are going to live forever, bro," Hogan was quoted telling Nick. "I just hope we don't come back as a couple, I don't want to say it, blizz-ack gizz-uys, you know what I'm saying?"

Bay 9 reports that two weeks worth of jailhouse phone calls were released in 2008. However, the racially-driven comments had not been made public knowledge until further review of the audio tapes. [ LINK: Report HERE at BayNews9.com ]

(2) A court hearing in the Hogan vs. Gawker legal battle is scheduled for Friday in Florida court, reports the New York Post.

The presiding judge is scheduled to review the motion filed by Hogan's camp alleging that Gawker leaked the audio track from a tape containing Hogan's 2006 sexual encounter with Heather Clem, the ex-wife of radio host Bubba the Love Sponge.

Hogan is seeking an investigation into whether Gawker leaked the tape, believing this could lead to a court victory in his $100 million invasion of privacy suit against Gawker. Gawker issued a statement Wednesday refuting Hogan's claim with the same verbiage used last week when Hogan's attorney, David Houston, accused Gawker of leaking the sealed contents from the tape.

A statement from Heather Dietrick, President and General Counsel of Gawker, read: "Hulk Hogan has only one person to blame for what he said and no one from Gawker had any role in leaking that information."

The Hogan vs. Gawker trial is scheduled for October, pending the results of Friday's scheduled court hearing. [ New York Post Report HERE ]

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