Nick Hogan Gets Eight Months in Slammer for Crash

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CLEARWATER, Florida — Nick Hogan, 17, the son of professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, was sentenced to eight months in jail on Friday for causing a car crash in which his passenger suffered severe head injuries. The sentencing only seemed to trigger even more Internet buzz about whether justice was served or whether celebrity status "puts you above the law," as one blogger put it.

 

An AOL news poll released on Sunday found that 49 percent of the more than 100,000 people who voted said "the punishment was too little." The poll reported that 38 percent said the sentence was "just right," while 13 percent said it was "too much." One blogger commented on AOL that "they new [sic] what they were doing and went with it." Another described Nick Hogan as the "demon seed of two morons."

 

Nick Hogan, whose real name is Nick Bollea, pleaded no contest to a charge of reckless driving with serious bodily harm. Hogan totaled a Toyota Supra while driving at a high rate of speed on August 26, 2007. His passenger, John Graziano, 22, suffered severe head injuries and remains in a semiconscious state, according to Reuters.

 

A variety of Internet Web sites, from TBO.com (Tampa Bay Online) to TMZ.com were buzzing about the fairness of the sentence, as well as about Hulk Hogan's controversial headgear in court. He wore a black bandana that was widely seen as being disrespectful to the judge. While many courtrooms do not have a formal dress code, it is generally considered good manners for men to remove hats (and bandanas). Ron Stuart, a public information officer for the Sixth Judicial Court, told TBO.com that "it would have caused a big scene to have him take it off." Bloggers showed their ire, telling TBO.com that "this shows that celebrity status puts you above the law" and that he "should have removed the do-rag."

 

Judge Phillip Federico told Nick Hogan, "There has to be some punishment," before handing down the sentence. The sentence also includes five years' probation and 500 hours of community service. Federico also suspended Hogan's driver license for three years. Graziano's parents asked that Hogan be sentenced to some jail time, according to Reuters. They are suing Hulk Hogan and his son for "millions of dollars in damages."

 

The Hogans became a celebrity family after their lives were chronicled in the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best. Nick Hogan also worked for a time as a professional drifter.

 

I figured he'd only get probation. Especially seeing he pleaded no contest.

 

The kid wasn't wearing his seatbelt, had he been he'd probably be ok. I'm not blaming him, but when you're going that fast, if you're not wearing your seatbelt, you're dumb.

 

I think 8 months is about right. Losing his license for 3 years is about right too.

[redtodd 7]

Glad to see the spoiled little sh!t get some jail time.

[BMoney 0]

he shouldve had every wrestler come in and put a finishing move on him first....

 

peoples elbow...

 

walls of jericho...

 

frogsplash...

 

toadsplash

 

figure 4 leglock

 

tombstone..

 

batista bomb...

 

sleeper hold..

 

the claw..old time AWA one..those guys are around, i think..

 

there may be more...

[phillybear 366]

The wife is long gone, the kid is in jail....looks like 'ole Hulkster will have all the privacy in the world to continue to bang his daughter.

[phillybear 366]

the claw..old time AWA one..those guys are around, i think..

 

Baron Von Raschke, Black Jack Mulligan.

[dain11279 980]

The wife is long gone, the kid is in jail....looks like 'ole Hulkster will have all the privacy in the world to continue to bang his daughter.

 

 

Lucky bastard.

[cgod 0]

he shouldve had every wrestler come in and put a finishing move on him first....

 

peoples elbow...

 

walls of jericho...

 

frogsplash...

 

toadsplash

 

figure 4 leglock

 

tombstone..

 

batista bomb...

 

sleeper hold..

 

the claw..old time AWA one..those guys are around, i think..

 

there may be more...

Camel clutch

[KSB2424 3,173]

Camel clutch

We are talking wrasslin' moves not pron moves. Perv!

[wiffleball 4,797]

I'm sorry, I put this all on Hulk. I've seen the kid in the reality show - he's a typical teenage boy. No father in their right mind puts a 16 y.o. (at the time) kid behind the wheel of a supercharged automobile. - Much less encourages him to race. The aging fock is trying to stay "hip" and relevant and (like a lot of washed up focks) living vicariously through his children.

 

It's a damn shame what happened to the kid, but as has been said, he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. You have to know that the kid wasn't saying "slow down! slow down!" So the whole situation turns into a shiithole.

 

Tragic really. Tragic.

[gocolts 300]

No father in their right mind puts a 16 y.o. (at the time) kid behind the wheel of a supercharged automobile. - Much less encourages him to race.

Insane move by the Hulkster there.

[gocolts 300]

The wife is long gone, the kid is in jail....looks like 'ole Hulkster will have all the privacy in the world to continue to bang his daughter.

[DankNuggs 305]

I'm sorry, I put this all on Hulk. I've seen the kid in the reality show - he's a typical teenage boy. No father in their right mind puts a 16 y.o. (at the time) kid behind the wheel of a supercharged automobile. - Much less encourages him to race. The aging fock is trying to stay "hip" and relevant and (like a lot of washed up focks) living vicariously through his children.

 

It's a damn shame what happened to the kid, but as has been said, he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. You have to know that the kid wasn't saying "slow down! slow down!" So the whole situation turns into a shiithole.

 

Tragic really. Tragic.

Kid had MULTIPLE cars with the Licence plate COEHSP (1,2,3,4.etc.) "Capable of Evading High Speed Pursuit" is the acronym.... Bad situation all around....

 

Then again, its like those die hard rice rocket supporters... They love their supercharged CBRs and R1's, then mash themselves in the pavement and into the darwin awards.

[Big Blue 06 196]

I have to tell you, I'm surprised that he got any jail time. Having said that, I think the sentence is just about right.

[gocolts 300]

On a side note, this could help him if he tries to follow his dad's footsteps into the squared circle.