After Receiving $115m, Hulk Hogan Has Been Awarded Another $25m For This.

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Former WWE Superstar Hulk Hogan was awarded $115 million by Gawker Media in a case involving the online posting of a sex tape.

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A Florida jury then added more than $25 million to the $115 million awarded, for punitive damages.

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The award represents additional damages that the jury decided Hogan should receive from Gawker Media, its owner "Nick Denton" and Gawker's former editor "A.J. Daulerio", who posted the video and story in 2012.

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Gawker Media was sued by Hulk Hogan "Terry Bollea" for $100 million after the website published a sex clip without his consent, causing him "severe emotional distress," his lawyers during the trial said. Hogan maintains he did not know he was being filmed at the time of the encounter.

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Last year, Gawker Media's grossed $48.7 million in revenue, while Denton's pre-judgment net worth is $121 million.

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Michael Berry, Gawker's attorney, pleaded with the jury to skip punitive damages, saying the $115 million judgment last week "is punishment enough."

Hogan's attorneys argued that with Denton's net worth being $120 million, it was up to the six-person jury to send a message to Gawker and other internet websites.

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Hogan embarked on a media tour, discussing the devastating effects the sex tape have brought to his dear life. He said the tape put a strain on his current marriage to Jennifer Bollea and that he suffered extreme embarrassment when strangers approached him or his wife on the street to discuss the video. He went on radio and television shows such as Huffington Post Live and the Today show to say he didn't know he was being filmed and that the sex tape destroyed his life.

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"Didn't the jury deserve to know that Bubba told his radio listeners and then the FBI, in a meeting where lying is a criminal offense, that Hulk Hogan knew he was making a sex tape?" Dietrick said. "Didn't the jury deserve to know the FBI uncovered multiple tapes of Hulk Hogan having sex with Bubba's wife? Didn't the jury deserve to know about the text messages Hulk Hogan sent to Bubba that undermine this case?"

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Hogan is leaving the case with over $130 million in his pocket.