Hulk Hogan, Gawker trade barbs before opening statements

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Hulk Hogan, Gawker trade barbs before opening statements

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Opening statements hadn't even begun in the $100 million civil trial between pro wrestler Hulk Hogan and gossip site Gawker, and already the two sides were at it.
Gawker released a statement early Monday morning blasting the professional wrestler for the suit, which could bankrupt the company should Hogan win.
"Three-and-a-half years ago, Gawker showed nine seconds of Hulk Hogan having sex with the wife of his best friend, Bubba the Love Sponge -- who actually made the 30-minute tape and appears in it himself," the statement read. "Hulk Hogan was more than willing to talk about his sex life -- including in two autobiographies, a reality TV series and Howard Stern's radio show -- until he didn't like what Gawker had to say. Now he wants $100 million as compensation. Compare that with the $5,000 settlement that Bubba paid Hulk for the actual taping."
But Hogan's team wasn't impressed with the website's opening salvo, telling FOX411: "Gawker will do anything, say anything, and attempt anything to disguise what amounts to reprehensible conduct. What they did is apparent. All excuses aside it is time for them to come to terms with their conduct and be held accountable. Their continued efforts to excuse their conduct by distraction will not work with this jury and should not work with the general public."
A six-member jury will determine whether Gawker violated Hogan's right to privacy when it published the video of the former professional wrestler having sex with his best friend's wife. Hogan's attorneys say it garnered 7 million views.
Hogan says the video was made without his knowledge.

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