Posted by Andrew Nguyen.
One of the latest lawsuits involve Hulk Hogan and a media organization named Gawker. Hulk Hogan is one of the most iconic faces in wrestling entertainment. The lawsuit is about how Gawker released a sex tape of Hulk Hogan and a woman without his knowledge of the tape. Hulk Hogan claimed that he had no knowledge that he was being recorded and what happened was an invasion of his privacy.
Gawker claimed that Hulk Hogan is emotionally and mentally unstable due to his career and marriage falling apart. Also, the recent incident of the case of Hulk Hogan’s alleged racist act during his career in the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) did not work in his favor either. Gawker is claiming that the lawsuit was not about the sex tape at all, but the downfall of Hulk Hogan’s career.
No matter what the reason is, the tape was recorded without the consent of either party. The privacy of Hulk Hogan was violated and he should be compensated for that. Although his reputation is not the best, the release of the sex tape did not make things better. We all have our good days and our bad. Hulk Hogan is human like the rest of us. We all make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes can’t be fixed. However, one’s privacy should not be able to get released to the world.
Hulk Hogan does have the right to sue in my opinion. The recording occurred without his knowledge and that is a big invasion of privacy. Looking at it if the roles were to be reversed, no one would want that to happen to them. Something like that should not be released to the public where people and potentially friends and family can see it.
Andrew is an accounting major at the Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, Class of 2019.