Hogan’s lawyer claims in court media stories have ended his career and ruined his legacy

Hulk Hogan’s legal team was in court yesterday in St. Petersburg, FL, filing a request to investigate what they called a potentail violation of a protective order by Gawker from the stories in Radar Online and the National Enquirer that have been reported all week of Hogan using racial and homophobic slurs while having taped sex with Heather Clem.

According to reports from Anna Philllips of TampaBay.com, Hogan’s lawyer claimed in court that the potential leaks from Gawker have ruined Hogan’s career and his right to a fair trial.  They have asked for a forensic electronics expert to examine Gawker’s computers and phones to see if there was any communication with The National Enquirer.

Gawker claimed in court that they have scrupulously followed the court’s order, that they did not share the confidential transcripts with the media and said that there is a long list of people who know of Mr. Bollea’s use of racist language long before Gawker did, and said that far too many people had those transcripts.  They also noted The National Enquirer denied Gawker as the source and called this claim “the last refuge of a desperate litigant.”

Hogan’s attorney said yesterday, “His career is done.  He’s been fired from WWE.”

Hogan’s attorney held up a print out from last year of an article entitled, “How to Leak to Gawker Anonymously” to show Gawker knows how to do so.

The judge didn’t rule on the motion and scheduled the trial for March 7, 2016.