By Eriq Gardner. Legal Editor-at-Large. That included A. Daulerio , the former Gawker editor-in-chief who wrote the essay that accompanied the controversial sex tape. Daulerio said during his own deposition he would only draw the line on running sex tapes for those featuring children under the age of 4. On Monday, Daulerio was the first person called to the witness stand by Gawker in a seeming effort to establish that great care was taken before posting the video.
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Hulk Hogan testified Tuesday that the sexually explicit interviews he did on TMZ and various radio shows — including discussing the length of his penis — were done in his wrestler persona and didn't reflect his real-life self. After playing audio clips from the Bubba The Love Sponge Show and the Howard Stern Show where Hogan — whose real name is Terry Bollea — discussed his sex life, Gawker's lawyer, Michael Sullivan, asked the former wrestler if he in fact said those things. It causes him "severe emotional distress and harm," his lawyers said, though Gawker's lawyers on Tuesday sought to portray Hogan as someone who was comfortable discussing his sexual escapades. In the second day of trial, Hogan said "Hulk Hogan" gave up his privacy "as soon as he walked out the door. He said that when conducting interviews, he took "artistic liberty" as his wrestler character. He said he embellished his stories, often exaggerating or sometimes lying. The second witness to take the stand Tuesday was Hogan's former publicist, Jules Wortman, who said she booked her client on shows as Hulk Hogan and not Terry Bollea. Hogan said he did not have an expectation of privacy for his character and didn't have a problem with media outlets discussing the existence of a sex tape.
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We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. For the past two days, Gawker Media and Hulk Hogan have been duking it out in a Florida court over a sex tape featuring Hogan that Gawker published back in
The former Gawker editor who posted Hulk Hogan's sex tape was forced to admit there was no news value in showing the wrestler's private parts today. AJ Daulerio, who posted the sex tape, faced a tough grilling from Hogan's attorneys as he attempted to explain the reason he showed the wrestler's erect penis. Daulerio admitted under cross-examination that Hogan's penis wasn't newsworthy. Hogan, who is using his real name Terry Bollea for the trial, claimed he was left 'humiliated' after Gawker published an extract from the sex tape on their website. Scroll down for video. Daulerio pictured in court on Monday , the former Gawker editor who posted Hulk Hogan's sex tape, was forced to admit there was no news value is showing the wrestler's penis in the clip. Bollea's penis had no news value, did it? Daulerio, who left Gawker three months after the sex tape was posted, said he had not wanted to highlight the sex but talk about the 'banal' conversation between Hogan and Heather Clem, the wife of his then-best friend, radio 'shock jock' personality Bubba the Love Sponge. Hogan and Ms.
