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Hulk Hogan ‘settles $110m sex tape lawsuit’


Hulk Hogan’s sex tape lawsuit has apparently been resolved for $110 million (£94 million).

According to Bay News 9’s Josh Rojas, Hogan settled for an unknown sum to avoid a jury trial, which was scheduled to begin in January 2021.

The defendants are prohibited from “possessing” and “publishing” video or audio content of Hogan “naked,” “having sex,” and/or having “private conversations in a private bedroom,” according to court orders signed by radio personality Matthew Christian Lloyd, his ex-wife, Tasha Nicole Carrega, attorney Keith M. Davidson, and the Keith David & Associates firm.

The orders were also signed by the former WWE Superstar.

In 2016, a jury in Pinellas County determined that the website Gawker had violated Hulk’s privacy by posting the sex footage, and ordered the company to pay $141 million (£121 million) in damages.

The newspaper paid $31 million and went bankrupt in 2012, but Hogan received the balance from Cox Radio DJs Mike ‘Cowhead’ Calta and Matt ‘Spiceboy’ Loyd – whom he accused of invasion of privacy – on Thursday.

Hogan was unlawfully taped in 2007 and uttered the n-word “during a momentary lapse in judgment at a very difficult time in his life, while having a private conversation in his then-best friend’s bedroom,” according to the lawsuit.

Calta allegedly had his agent release the footage, according to a complaint filed by Hogan. Loyd allegedly took the DVDs from Clem’s studio, made duplicates, and disseminated clips, according to Tampa police. Loyd used to work for Clem before he got his show 102.5 The Bone WHPT.

‘I can’t believe I just ate,’ Hulk says as he hits his stomach in the famed video. ‘I feel like a pig.’

The National Enquirer revealed the sex tape in 2015, prompting WWE to break relations with Hogan and remove him from its Hall of Fame.

During an appearance on The View, Hulk addressed his use of racial slurs, admitting it was “probably the stupidest thing I ever said.”

He added: ‘The people who know me know I’m not a racist.’

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