1/4/2024 0 Comments Gawker v hoganThe mysterious background of the sex tape was explored by Gawker: Who knew a taping was happening? Was it a publicity stunt? Were there really secrets? But Gawker couldn't get the guy, Bubba, they desperately wanted on the witness stand to address conflicting accounts of who was knowledgeable about the taping. One of Hogan's experts testified the benefit to Gawker from the sex tape was $15 million while another on behalf of the defendant told the jury it was just $11,000. The trial also featured a less salacious element with experts delving into the media business through discussion of digital marketing and web analytics. ![]() "I’m an extremist when it comes to that." Many of those same Gawker hands later took the witness stand to provide their journalism in a more flattering light, although Daulerio admitted Hulk Hogan's penis isn't newsworthy. “I believe in total freedom and information transparency," said Denton. Hogan's attorneys also played depositions conducted with Denton and other Gawker staffers, who had to explain tasteless jokes and their boundary-pushing philosophies on what's appropriate to publish. "The person sitting here under oath is Terry Bollea, and I don’t lie under oath," said Hogan. His many interviews with press outlets, some addressing his sexual boasts and endeavors, became the subject of a heated cross-examination. "It's turned my world upside down," he testified about Gawker's posting. Hogan was the first to take the witness stand and attempted to separate his public persona from his true and private self. In an era when digital networks have reshaped culture, raising tough questions about sharing and prying in society, the jury got to hear two weeks of testimony in a first-of-its-kind sex tape case where discussions of newsworthiness and decency dominated. Daulerio about celebrity sex and a vivid play-by-play of the encounter between Hogan and Heather Cole. Gawker's posting of the Hogan sex tape was accompanied by an essay from A.J. The sex tape was sensational, showing the wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea having a sexual relationship with the then-wife of his best friend, a radio shock jock known as Bubba the Love Sponge. Hogan brought the case three years ago after witnessing how Gawker, a 13-year-old digital news site founded by Nick Denton, an entrepreneur with an allergy to celebrity privacy, published a video he claimed was secretly recorded. Weighing free speech against privacy, a Florida jury has decided to uphold the sanctity of the latter by turning in a $115 million verdict against Gawker over its 2012 posting of a Hulk Hogan sex tape. The outcome comes after two weeks of testimony in a first-of-its-kind case where discussions of newsworthiness and decency dominated. ![]() Join us Tuesday, June 28, to get insight into the world of high-stakes courtroom testimony.Hulk Hogan Gets $115M Verdict Against Gawker at Sex Tape Trial As IP valuation experts, the CONSOR team was asked to provide an opinion and to quantify the benefit to Gawker, as measured by the increase in value of the website that resulted from Gawker posting the Bollea sex tape. Jeff Anderson, director of valuation and analytics at CONSOR, was the testifying economic expert on behalf of Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan), who is poised to collect damages awards of $55 million, economic $60 million, noneconomic and $25 million, punitive from the gossip website Gawker (see the BVWire). Plaintiffs received a favorable outcome-a jury award of $2.2 million in royalties,” Anson explains. and to provide testimony based on market approach valuation theories. “The judge allowed me, as plaintiff’s damages expert, to offer royalty rate analysis without reference to any of the Georgia-Pacific factors in the matter StoneEagle Services, Inc. In BVR’s upcoming webinar “ Litigation Dynamics and Daubert Challenges: Excelling as an Expert,” Weston Anson shares the expertise earned in presenting an unproven methodology in court. Get the view from inside the courtrooms of two of the most recent high-profile cases to hit the BV world and beyond.
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