Hulk Hogan ‘humiliated’ to see sex tape with best friend’s wife leaked online

Wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan has told a court in Florida he thought it was a joke when his former best friend Bubba 'the Love Sponge’ Clem said his wife wanted to have sex with him. However, the radio presenter filmed it and the Gawker website published the resulting sex tape. Now, the 62-year-old former professional WWE wrestler is suing Gawker for $100m. Lawyers for Hogan claim he had the right to privacy in a private bedroom. They are also claiming emotional distress, and say the video was filmed without his knowledge.

I knew they had an open marriage because he talked about it on the radio. I took it as a joke for a while.

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Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, said it began when Bubba told him on the phone that his wife Heather wanted to be intimate with him. Hogan says he did not take it seriously at first, but the couple - whom he said had an open marriage - kept bringing it up. When he and Heather did eventually have sex, Hogan claims he felt something was wrong, and asked whether they were being taped. Hogan said Bubba denied it.

There was never any question of who he was or what he meant to me. I believed in my heart he was my best friend.

Hogan on his friend 'Love Sponge’

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