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What Hulk Hogan's Case Against Gawker Means For Free Press

NPR
Published March 8, 2016 at 1:52 PM EST
Terry Bollea, known as professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, listens while testifying in his case against the news website Gawker at the Pinellas County Courthouse, in St. Petersburg, Fla., Monday, March 7, 2016. Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million for publishing a video of him having sex with his best friend's wife. (Boyzell Hosey/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Terry Bollea, known as professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, listens while testifying in his case against the news website Gawker at the Pinellas County Courthouse, in St. Petersburg, Fla., Monday, March 7, 2016. Hogan is suing Gawker for $100 million for publishing a video of him having sex with his best friend's wife. (Boyzell Hosey/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, has taken the stand in a sex tape trial against Gawker Media. The former wrestler, who claims that he was not aware that he was being recorded, said he was “completely humiliated” when the website published the video in 2012. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik speaks with  Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson about the case.

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