ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Here’s what we learned by the end of the first day of a sex video trial that pits pro wrestler Hulk Hogan against gossip site Gawker:
– The 62-year-old Hogan said he was “humiliated” when the video of him having sex with his then-best friend’s wife was released, and that his arms were “violently shaking” from the news.
– Hogan felt pressured to have sex with Heather Clem, because both she and her husband, shock jock Bubba The Love Sponge Clem, “badgered” him about it. He said he finally gave in because he was at a low point when his marriage to his first wife was on the rocks.
– Hogan said he didn’t know Bubba Clem had a video camera in his bedroom, but in media interviews when the video first surfaced, Hogan said that before he had sex with Heather Clem, he asked Bubba if he was filming.
On Tuesday, cross-examination of the wrestling legend will continue in the St. Petersburg courtroom.