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chance
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Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:38 am |
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Hulk Hogan family saga not a pretty sight
Hulk Hogan family saga not a pretty sight
By Mike Mooneyham (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Photo of Mike Mooneyham
It's a good thing Hulk Hogan's reality show is no longer on the air. They'd most likely have to change the title from "Hogan Knows Best" to something along the lines of "Hogan Doesn't Have A Clue."
Unlike the world of pro wrestling, where characters and storylines are in the relatively safe hands of fantasy writers, Terry Bollea, aka the Hulkster, has found his life of late exposed for the world to see. And it's not very pretty.
Also unlike the world of pro wrestling, Hogan is finding it increasingly difficult to spin the situation and manipulate the media. He's been a master at that aspect his entire wrestling career, but even Hogan hasn't been able to play the press this time around.
The latest sordid chapter in the ongoing Hogan family saga, of which there have been many, is the release of the Nick Hogan prison tapes. Hogan's 17-year-old son recently was sentenced to eight months in jail after pleading no contest to reckless driving stemming from an incident last August. The passenger in his car, John Graziano, was left with a much harsher sentence — confined to a lifetime of medical care with massive brain damage and in a permanent vegetative state.
Authorities say Hogan was street racing his father's modified 1998 Toyota Supra when he struck a curb, spun in traffic and slammed into a palm tree near downtown Clearwater, Fla. Hogan, who was not seriously hurt, had alcohol in his system at the time of the crash.
Graziano, a 22-year-old former U.S. Marine who already had served two tours of duty in Iraq, made the mistake of getting in a car with a teenager who had spent his free time compiling an ugly driving record — four speeding tickets racked up in the past year alone — while snubbing his nose at authority. About two weeks before the accident, he was nabbed for driving 82 mph in a 45 mph construction zone and cited for speeding and not wearing a seat belt.
Young Hogan had even boasted about talking his way out of tickets in an interview he gave to a car magazine.
"Speeding to Nick was a badge of honor," Graziano's mother, Debbie, said during the recent court hearing.
Hulk Hogan, though, has consistently denied suggestions that his beleaguered son's bad driving record and affinity for racing may have been to blame for the crash. Even mom Linda Hogan encouraged her young son's street racing.
"Oh, I love it. I love it," she once said. "The rush, the speed on the road, stereo-blasting, heart-pounding, racing in between all the cars, dodging the cops. It's awesome."
His mom even bought him a car to work on when he was just 14. The license plate was COEHSP. "Capable of eluding high-speed pursuit," the youth told a reporter at the time.
"Nick is not the person that he's been asked to be portrayed on TV. … Nick is a good person," argued Hulk Hogan, who allegedly bought alcohol that his son allegedly drank on the day of the crash. " He is kind, he is gentle, he's compassionate, and he doesn't have a bad bone in his body. And people fail to realize that Nick is still a 17-year-old child."
Yet young Nick, who should have been the focus of better parenting skills, still got the green light to get behind the wheels of his fancy car.
It's the constant attention, adulation and power that drives this family. It's also what has caused its downfall.
The recent capturing of jailhouse conversations between Nick Hogan and his family has again put the Hogans in the familiar spotlight. While there's no doubt they were caught off guard by the release of the tapes to the media, the sentiments expressed during these conversations are sadly revealing.
A weeping Nick Hogan tells his parents that he is "really freaking out" behind bars and begs them to ask the judge to put him under "house arrest."
Complaining about the accommodations during his daily phone visits with his family, Nick says, "It's much worse than you could ever imagine. This is like a state prison. I'm all by myself." "Don't cry, baby," his mom tells him.
Hogan can be heard telling his dad that he wants to turn up for a court hearing in his jail jumpsuit "for the sympathetic factor."
That conversation is part of 26 hours of jailhouse tape released by the Pinellas (Fla.) County Sheriff's Department. Jailhouse phone conversations are typically recorded, except in the case of phone conversations between an attorney and his client, which are viewed as privileged. Other conversations can be considered part of the public record and become available to the media or any other person who may request them. Inmates repeatedly are warned that their calls may be recorded.
In another recorded conversation which was leaked, Linda, Hulk's soon-to-be-ex, is critical of John Graziano's mother, claiming her grief is greater than that of the victim's family.
"(Debbie) has no other recourse other than to be nasty and vindictive now, because if she really knew you, if she really knew the relationship between you, John and (another friend), she'd be sad right now.
"She wouldn't be mad. You know, she'd be devastated like I am. She's not sad; she's just acting angry, like she wants some money. John never meant anything to her or Ed. It's sad because I really appreciated you kids, and I miss John. I miss you, too. She's not suffering. I am. I have the loss."
A whining Nick Hogan tells his parents in the tapes that "I want to breathe fresh air." He says, "I'd do anything to get out of this room."
Instead of using the incarceration as a wake-up call, the Hogans seem more concerned about coming up with a new way to cash in on the misfortune.
At one point, Nick Hogan even asks his father to hook him up with a new reality show "where I can make the most money."
"We can call it 'the new Nick,'" Hulk responds, advising his son to use his jail time to come up with a name for a new money-making entertainment vehicle. "Don't freak out," he tells him, suggesting that the possible producers of the show be himself, Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey.
"You know, if I'm producing the show, I won't screw you," Hogan assures his jailed son. "You know that. I'll make you an owner. You'll own the show. So let me get to working on that with Eric tonight. He's here, too. We can get that pulled off, too."
The narcissistic family even goes so far as to blame the semi-conscious victim. At one point, Hulk says, "For some reason God laid some heavy s--- on (Graziano)." Nick describes Graziano, described in the court hearing as his best friend, as a "negative person."
The family of John Graziano has rightfully expressed outrage over the conversations. Incensed over what they say is a clear lack of remorse on the part of the Hogan family, the parents have condemned the "outrageous conduct" exhibited by the Hogans during the jail conversations.
The Grazianos also have responded to the Linda Hogan comment by stating, "They don't care a bit about my son, all they are doing is planning a party."
A statement released by the Grazianos through their lawyer said the jailhouse conversations show that the Hogan family's contrite and subdued statements to the court at the sentencing hearing were insincere.
"These tapes clearly show what the Bolleas said in court was calculated to give the court the impression that Nick deserved a break.
It was a true Academy Award performance. They (the Hogan family) spoke of their love for John and they expressed how sorry they were, but their true feelings have now been revealed in the tapes."
"These people, the Bolleas (Hogans), are the biggest phonies and two-faced individuals that I've ever seen," the statement quotes Debra Graziano as saying.
The Grazianos also have blasted the Hogans for trying to cash in on their grief.
"Nick Bollea and Terry Bollea are already planning a new reality show. Cameras are set to film Nick Bollea as he is released from jail and while he serves his probation."
"The reason he (Nick) was put in jail is to think about what he did to my son. (But) that's the last thought on his mind," says Ed Graziano.
The Graziano family has filed a civil suit against Terry and Linda Bollea (Hulk and Linda Hogan), alleging they are liable for their son's actions. "I'm not seeking revenge, only justice," says Debbie Graziano.
"John was everything I hoped and dreamed he could be," says John Graziano. "He was healthy, safe and strong, and a hero. A United States Marine and a hero to his county ... However, on Aug. 26, 2007, everything changed because of the senseless acts of recklessness by Nick Bollea ... Not only did he destroy my son's life, but also those that John loved. What al-Qaida couldn't do to my son, Bollea did in minutes."
The self-absorbed Hogan family's fascination with fame — despite the consequences — remains boundless. VH1 announced last week that wannabe-pop star Brooke Hogan's "Brooke Knows Best" spin-off will premiere on July 13. "No longer an innocent teenager, Brooke learns what growing up is really about," according to a network press release. "For the first time, Brooke is learning how to deal with the ins and outs of daily life, new relationships, of her family's recent struggles, as well as managing her career and finances without Mom and Dad."
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/01/hulk_hogan_family_saga_not_pretty_sight42966/
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| chance
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Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:47 am |
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I saw this family on some entertainment news show last night and could not believe the stuff they were spewing. How can 4 such selfish narcissistic people live in one house. They are really sickening. 
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| danascully
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Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:57 pm |
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| chance wrote: | | I saw this family on some entertainment news show last night and could not believe the stuff they were spewing. How can 4 such selfish narcissistic people live in one house. They are really sickening. |
I agree with you, Chance....anything you say, Chance.  I don't want you to get those flying monkeys out on me! 
J/K...I totally agree with you...that family is disgusting.
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| chance
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Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:34 pm |
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| danascully wrote: |
I agree with you, Chance....anything you say, Chance. I don't want you to get those flying monkeys out on me!
J/K...I totally agree with you...that family is disgusting. |
Don't worry Dana I only bring my flying monkeys out when I get really mad.  Which is not real often.
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| Arubalover
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Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:04 pm |
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That entire family are snakes. I wish the judge could hear the things that father and son were talking about and then add a couple of years onto the little bastard's sentence. I hope his friend's family gets millions from that clan.
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| danascully
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Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:48 pm |
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| chance wrote: |
Don't worry Dana I only bring my flying monkeys out when I get really mad. Which is not real often. |
Great!
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| gwen
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Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:38 pm |
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| Arubalover wrote: | | That entire family are snakes. I wish the judge could hear the things that father and son were talking about and then add a couple of years onto the little bastard's sentence. I hope his friend's family gets millions from that clan. |
Ditto that!
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| gwen
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Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:44 pm |
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Linda Hogan Parties With Manboy
Posted Jun 1st 2008 12:30PM by TMZ Staff
In an effort to make the Hogan family look even worse, Linda Hogan took her 19-year-old Nick-a-like boytoy to the opening of Palms Place last night!
Charlie told us they are just friends -- because friends are typically all over each other at the Palms.
Of course classy Linda made sure Charlie-poo had a drink.
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| SavannahStar
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:23 am |
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Hulk Hogan's Son Asks to Be Taken Out of Solitary Confinement
Tuesday , June 03, 2008
TAMPA, Fla. —
Solitary confinement isn't sitting well with Hulk Hogan's son.
Nick Bollea is serving eight months in jail after pleading no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his friend. The 17-year-old is being held in solitary confinement at the Pinellas County Jail's medical ward because he's too young to join the jail's general population.
But Bollea's lawyers say in a motion filed Friday the situation is causing him "unbearable anxiety." They say he spends up to 17 hours a day alone in his cell and does not have access to amenities like educational programs.
They asked a judge to consider alternatives like releasing him with ankle monitoring until his 18th birthday or moving him to the jail's minimum-security section.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362264,00.html
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| gwen
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:16 pm |
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Boo Hoo Hogan -- Judge Says You Stay in Jail!
Posted Jun 3rd 2008 2:04PM by TMZ Staff
Poor Nick Hogan! A judge has just denied his request to be released til his 18th birthday. For now, Nicky Boy will stay put in the Pinellas County, Fla. jail.
17-year-old Nick -- whose real name is Nick Bollea -- had complained that he was essentially in solitary confinement because he could not be in with the general population, saying his being locked in a cell "wasn't fair."
Tell that to John Graziano and his family.
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| gwen
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Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:20 pm |
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Nick Won't Be Able to Drop the Soap Anymore
Nick Hogan has finally gotten his wish -- kinda.
He's not going home to Mama, but Nicky Boy just got transferred out of his solitary cell and will be in a cell with three other juveniles ... and a TV.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office tells TMZ the transfer was made as a result of "ongoing assessments of inmate situations."
Story developing ...
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| olympic
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:24 am |
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is this family trying to be like the osbourne family in the show?
seems like they are in denial about this whole accident, and seeking limelight. 
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| SavannahStar
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:43 am |
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Bollea transferred to cell with other juvenile inmates
Friday, June 6, 2008
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- The Pinellas County Sheriff's office says Nick Bollea was transferred from the protective custody cell, where he had been held since May 12, to a direct supervision pod Thursday afternoon.
The pod is composed of four 6-person cells, which are supervised by a detention deputy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The pod is equipped with a television.
Bollea is currently sharing the cell with three other county sentenced juvenile inmates. Two of those inmates were transferred to this direct supervision cell today; the third inmate was already in place in that housing unit.
The decision to transfer the inmates comes as a result of routine and ongoing assessments of inmate population and classification, according to a sheriff's office press release.
The sheriff's office says Bollea will continue his previously established schedule, to include work from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Inmate Property.
Video visitations will also continue as previously established from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays. He will also continue to have recreation time and access to a telephone.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/6/6/354594.html?title=Bollea+transferred+to+cell+with+other+juvenile+inmates
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| Noor
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Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:32 pm |
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He's on Larry King right now.
What a weiner, or whiner , or lyer or what ever you want to call this dude.
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| LISA
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Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:55 pm |
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Police Investigating Calls to Hulk Hogan's Family From Crash Victim's Family
Monday, June 16, 2008
FOX NEWS
Florida police are investigating calls to wrestler Hulk Hogan and his family from the family of the victim of a car crash involving Hogan's son Nick Bollea after threatening voicemails were played on the radio, FOXNews.com confirmed on Monday.
A spokeswoman for the Clearwater Police Department in Florida said they are conducting an "open investigation" into calls "made from the Graziano family to the Bollea family," but would not release any more information as the inquiry is ongoing.
Profanity-laced voicemails were played by Hogan family friend and radio host "Bubba the Love Sponge" on his radio show Monday morning, and were said to contain the voice of Frank Graziano, brother of John Graziano, who suffered serious head injuries last summer when Hogan's son Nick Bollea crashed his 1998 Toyota Supra into a tree after street racing.
Warning-graphic language and profanity.
Click here to listen to the threatening voicemails sent to Hogan and family.
In addition to referring to Hogan's estranged wife and daughter as "whores," the voicemail says "every Marine, every gangster, every lowlife, every crackhead and every scumbag is going to be looking" for Hogan and his "homosexual" son.
The man said to be Graziano also tells the wrestler he will "[urinate] on you and your family's grave" and "you and your family kept opening your f---ing mouth, so I'm going to put something in there, you scumbag."
Bollea is now serving an eight-month sentence after pleading no contest to a felony charge of reckless driving.
Click here to read more from TMZ.com.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367382,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime
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