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Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has sued Gawker again, saying the gossip website leaked sealed court documents with a transcript that quoted him making racist remarks.
Hogan’s new lawsuit on Monday comes on the heels of winning a $140m verdict against Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with his then best friend’s wife. The three-week trial was a lurid inside look at the business of celebrity gossip and a debate over newsworthiness versus celebrity privacy.
Gawker denies that it leaked the sealed transcript to the National Enquirer. In the transcript, Hogan, who is white and whose real name is Terry Bollea, makes several racist statements about his daughter’s ex-boyfriend, who is black. Once the Enquirer published the story, WWE severed its longtime ties with the famous wrestler.