WRESTLER-turned-reality TV
star Hulk Hogan has launched a US$100 million (RM300 million) lawsuit over his
leaked sex tape.
A lawyer for Hogan, real
name Terry Bollea, held a news conference in Tampa, Florida on Monday and
announced that the star had filed two lawsuits in relation to intimate footage
which appeared on Gawker.com earlier this month.
The clip featured Hogan and
Heather Clem, the ex-wife of wrestler and radio personality Bubba The Love
Sponge.
The former fighter filed a
criminal police report in Florida in an attempt to secure lawmakers' help in
tracking down the person responsible for the leak—and he has since called in
the FBI, according to insiders.
Hogan is now seeking US$100m
in damages from bosses at Gawker, and has also filed suit against Clem and her
former husband.
In legal papers, Hogan
claims he "had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his consensual,
intimate activities in a private bedroom and reasonably believed that his
privacy was safe and protected".
Hogan's attorney states the
recording of the footage was "illegal, outrageous, and exceeded the bounds
of human decency". The 59-year-old has also requested the surrender of all
footage so it can be destroyed. (Reuters)
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