show called "hogan knows best." drifted apart but he had a friend he says always had his back. >> he was holding my father as my father passed away. so there was never any question of, you know, who he was or what he meant to me. >> reporter: his name, bubba klem. the shock jock in florida. hogan says his best friend proposed an unusual method to make him forget his troubles. >> heather wants to have sex with you, heather wants to see the size of your [ bleep ]. it started out like that. >> reporter: heather was klem's wife. >> klem asked you, and do you recall your answer? >> i said i would. >> reporter: hogan said he laughed it off. marriage because he talked about it on the radio. but i thought with me it was so many times they talked about it, it kind of turned into a joke. >> reporter: but at his lowest point he says he called his friend. >> she basically said, i'm filing for divorce. all i did was called bubba, crying like a baby on the phone, i broke down. the house, let's talk, you know. i was just so desper

." >> tonight, hogan's heroes. the jurors speaking out about why they feel hulk hogan deserves $140 million for that sex tape lawsuit against gawker. the website's founder nick denton demanding a rematch. >>> a story of survival. the professional basketball player whose photo touched the world after the brussels bombings. we're with him as he recovers. telling us what he stood to lose. >>> and chilling new evidence. security sources now saying the alleged attackers spied on one of belgium's top nuclear scientists. >>> and the hip-hop founding father. the man behind the broadway preparing his entire life for the stage. but first the "nightline 5." ♪ ♪ come on let's do it come on let's go ♪ >>> if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec, different from claritin because it starts working fast over the first day you take it. try zyrtec, muddle no more. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight you're about to hear from the jurors in the sex tape

it all began while hogan was shooting his reality show "hogan knows best."e says he and his wife linda began to drift apart. but he had a friend who he says always had his back. >> he was holding my father as my father passed away. there was never any question of, you know, who he was or what he meant to me. >> reporter: his name was bubba klem, a popular shock jock in florida known to his fans as the love sponge. now hogan says his best friend proposed an unusual method to make him forget his troubles. >> heather wants to have sex with you, heather wants to see the size of your penis. it started out like that. >> reporter: heather was klem's wife. >> what did klem ask you and do you recall what your answer was? >> i said i would. >> reporter: hogan initially laughed it off. >> i knew they had an open marriage because he talked about it on the radio. i thought with me it was so many times they talked about it, it kind of turned into a joke. >> reporter: at his lowest point he says he called his friend klem. >> she basically said, i'm filing for divorce. all

>>> body hulk hogan takes on "gawker" over a leaked sex tape. the plaintiff rests its case in the $100 million courtroom itness having a tough week. >> it started off like that. >> where does hulk mania end and privacy begin? >>> first theor the best deals get to lumber liquidators spring all laminate is 10% to 20% off.9 cents. up to $2 a square foot off three-quarter inch solid prefinished hardwood and engineered hardwood. 20% off wood look tile. all lank is on sale. deals for bamboo and 18 months special financing. the best prices of the season won't last.rs today, it's worth the trip. good evening. thank you for join us. tonight a chaotic scene and the latest flash pint of the donald trump campaign to win the white house. a concern for safety trumped mpaigning in chicago forcing the gop front run tore call off his campaign rally. about it. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: tonight in chicago a college campus suddenly erupted. police and battle because political tensions have reached a boiling point. it all started inside the university

hogan says he didn't even on this either until later that day. a bombshell. >> when they confirmed that bubba was on the tape and bubba went up, turned the camera off, and bubba told heather that, this is for our retirement, heather, i started violently shaking. >> reporter: in a video deposition heather maintains neither she nor hogan had any idea the encounter was being recorded. >> to the best of your knowledge, mr. bollea had no idea there was a camera in the room at the time of your sexual ebb encounter, is that correct? >> yes. >> reporter: he settled a lawsuit with clem who apologized for stating hogan knew he was being taped. hogan has refused to settle this one with gawker. >> today was a very good day. very good. >> reporter: and for nine days the battle has raged in court with both sides scoring points. sometimes at their own expense. gawker's former editor in chief a.j. delario seemed to contradict parts of gawker's defense, that the tape was news worthy and their decision to >> the fact that mr. bollea was taped having sex with his b

was in the midst of shooting a reality show "hogan knows best." he says he and his thenwife linda drift ad part but he had a friend who always had his back. >> he was holding my father as my father passed away. so there was never any question of who he was or what he meant to me. >> reporter: his name? bubba clem, the shock jock in florida who suggests an unusual method to make him forget his troubles. offering up his own wife heather. >> do you recall what your answer was? >> i said i would. >> reporter: hogan said he >> i knew they had an open marriage because he talked about it on the radio. i thought with me it was so many times they talked about it, it turned into a joke. >> reporter: but at his lowest point he says he called his friend clem. >> i said, she's filing for divorce. i called bubba, crying on the phone, broke down. bubba said, come over to the house, let's talk. i was so desperate i went over there. one thing led to another. i let my guard down. i felt, these people cared about me. >> reporter: moments after hogan arrived he says

hogan "i was depressed. it was like a low point in my life when bubba said come over to the house, let's talk... i felt like those people cared for me. i bottomed out... it just happened." 1cart hulk hogan... on the stand... talking sex tape... and public humiliation. #13 @ 33.35- 34.18/////////hogan "bubba gave me a condom... my gut was telling me... bubba you're not filming this are you? i'm your best friend... froze me in my tracks." 2cart hogan tells jurors he had no idea... a camera rolled...in a private bedroom... as he had sex with his then best friend-- bubba the love sponge's-- wife. and when he got word-- 'gawker' posted the sex tape... in 20-12... he lost it. #14 @ 07.18- /////hogan "i was the news just hit me.... bubba @ 07.53- /////hogan "my hands started shaking violently..." 3cart hogan is suing the site... founded by brit nick denton... for $100-million... but 'gawker's attorneys say the sex tape posting... wasn't lucrative. that web revenue posts for that month... total... were less than $10

hogan is suing the blog for 100 million dollars after they published a sex tape featuring hogan and the wife of his former best friend. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the pinellas county judicial building. sarah, gawker claims their first amendment rights protect them in will that really hold up in court? it all comes down to one question: does the newswothiness of the video outweigh hogan's right to privacy? that'll be up to a jury to decide. hogan was overcome by emotion when he took the stand monday saying the video "turned his world upside down". hogan's attorney says the 1st amendment defense is weak and "was never designed to protect this kind of conduct. this was a significant violation of privacy." gawker's attorney reasons: hogan is being greedy, especially considering he "made his sex life public in countless ways." here's what i'm looking into now-- why this case is so important for all of us in the future...not just hulk hogan. live at pinellas co. courthouse, sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp we're staying on top of a developing story out of morning. nine people ar

the video showed hogan having consensual sex with hogan's lawyer says the video shattered hogan's reputation and relationship with his kids. gawker sees its post as protected speech under the first amendment of the u.s. constitution, and contends it was reporting on a celebrity who publicly discussed his sex life. here's what i'm digging into next-- can gawker really claim 1st amendment protection? does the 1st amendment protect their right to post a sex tape without permission? live at pinellas country courthouse, 10news wtsp voters in michigan, mississippi, hawaii and idaho have primaries or caucuses today. at least 150 republican delegates are up for grabs. campaigning in mississippi monday night, donald trump kept rival ted cruz in his cross hairs, but cruz says he's the only republican candidate who can beat trump. butted to on the democratic side, hillary clinton sanders by more than 600 delegates. she campaigned in night. michigan election officials are expecting record turnout today. congress is once again requesting to department staffer who helped out hillary clinton with server. t

. >> hogan got even more money that he asked for in his sex tape web site gawker. tonight we explain why the jury believes celebrity's invasion of privacy is more than freedom of speech. >> this is not only his victory, but also anyone else who has been victimized by tabloid journalism. >> reporter: the once tough in the ring wrestler hulk hogan appeared to cry in court as the economic loss he suffered over the past three years. that's when the gossip web site posted a video of holing hogan having sex with a local's wife. >> i am confident that we would have prevailed at trial if we had been allowed to present the full case to the jury. >> reporter: gawker founder, nick denton, argued that bubba never got to answer questions in front of the jury whether hogan knew about the cameras in the home and if hogan knew they were being reported. >> that's why we feel very positive about the appeal that we have already been preparing. >> reporter: the court documents show hogan's motives may not have been to hide the sex on the tape but the racial remarks he made. >> reporte

with hogan's testimony they have to consider if hogan is a victim and suffered $100 million worth of damages. with two witnesses taking the stand wednesday. >> the true likely value they got from posting sex tapes is just over $15.4 million. >> reporter: hogan's team rested in a case that brought national attention involving a former wrestler, his sex tape and first amendment rights. >> the jury has been indated with all these first amendment speeches. they heard from hulk hogan and multiple witnesses that talked the journalists mind at the time. >> reporter: attorney kearnes says what the jury hasn't heard is how the posting of this tape ultimately hurt hogan. >> did the jury see him as a vulnerable man who suffered internally? >> reporter: a few weeks ago sports caster erin andrews sobbed on the stand showing a jury how emotionally distraught she was after seeing her pictures naked online. >> she was a woman who was violated and the jury seemed to sympathize with that. will the same jury feel the same way with hulk hogan? it is a local jury and he is from the area so he may have mo

she is the woman seen in the stay with hogan. the former prowrestler testified that he was aware that they had a security camera inside the home but he did not know he was being recorded. his image. >> i was embarrassed what it did to me as a person, but it character. hulk hogan was embarrassed. >> reporter: now attorneys for the website gawker claim that they have the right the to is a well-known public figure. once again, hogan will be cross- examined by attorneys for gawker when the trial resumes here in st. petersburg around 9:00 this morning. the trial is expected to last up to three weeks. and you can certainly count on news channel 8 to keep you updated on the very latest developments in this trial as it progresses. >> yeah, a lot of interesting details yesterday, josh. thank you. >>> this morning an 8 on your side consumer alert. we keep talking and it now this gets more serious -- talking about it and now this gets more serious. detectives discovered credit blue tooth technology. it was found at a mobile station at the c

they had an hour to cross examine hogan with questions like whether or not hogan new cameras were in the bedroom at the time. they will finish tomorrow morning and 9:00. who will be there and bring you the latest. jennifer titus. >>> you can watch the trial from beginning to end by downloading the 10 news out. we will be streaming from the courtroom. download the app for free. >>> digging deeper tonight as deputies investigate patty the dog.'s owner could face charges after padi that a service dog. isabella masculine speaks with the head of the organization that trains the dog. >> these are the injuries to the nose of a four-month-old ovi one. >> the puppy was checking out at the pet clinic after he got vaccinations when he was bitten by padi, the veterinarians dog. >> we went into the waiting room and he attacked him. he held on. >> the executive director of new horizons, the trainer, is worried the dog will be trainable. >> the dog will become fearful for the rest of its life. >> the owner doctor paul barton berg has a different story. he said the puppy was the aggressor saying tha

hogans attorneys telling the six-member jury that hogans privacy was invaded after the website chose to post the video of them having sex with radio personality bubba the love sponge clem's wife. >> hogans wife linda left him a to their children. bogen fell into a dark place and after his best friend and wife propositioned him many times before for sex he finally accepted but never once knew his choices were being recorded anonymously given to them. gawker says it was there first amendment right to post it and what hogan had talked numerous times before intimate details of his life. hogan says it was an invasion. >> it remained on doctor -- gawker.com for six months. for the six months this man stood there naked and exposed. to the world. >> opening statements have wrapped up. here on a break and trial will begin once again at 1:00. first to do with the witness stand will be former professional wrestler hulk hogan himself. but galligan is supposed to last 3 to 4 weeks. live in st. pete, jennifer titus. >>> as soon as a gets back from the break we will have the trial streaming live on

hogan is suing gawker for posting a clipon line involving hogan and the former wife of sponge. have we heard anything, we did, they wanted help playing a clip of that sex tape so we know they have viewed it. and hogan's team went to work, accusing guamer of violating hogan's right to privacy after they say it is gawker's reckless disregard and they want the jury to award him 100 million dollars in damages. gawker said hulk hogan talked in graphic detail about his sex life. and he was in character as hulk hogan when he talked talked about his sex life and on howard stern, tmz, performance on the tape. they challenged hogan's attorney saiding if that was so damage and hurtful why didn't they show it to the jury during the trial? >> why did they not show you that video? the video that is the reason we are all here. because that video does not show all that much. the video gawker posted is not like a real sex tape. it's not like kim kardashian, -see close ups, body pardons, you don't see graphic sex acts. it is nine seconds, gawker encouraged the jury could watch it in the jury roo

hogan blames gawker and doctor denies releasing audio clips. within hours of the race went, hogan saw his career unravel. he was pushed away. >> the trial to begin with jury selection continuing tomorrow. hogan is claiming his privacy we will be on every aspect of the trial and throughout the weeks to come. sleep, jennifer titus. >>> will be streaming the sex tape tile -- trial from beginning to end. >>> the future of getting from one side of the bay to the other is on the water. ferry project is one step closer to reality. downtown tampa partnership what you can expect. the pilot program will run from november of this year to april of next year on fridays, saturdays and sundays. if it is a hit and i but it will be the service will expand. >>> look at this. pretty good right now but not so great earlier. just south of 275. a crash that happened slow going. >>> let's take a look outside. gorgeous beautiful day in downtown st. pete. keep in mind looks can be deceiving. a cold front is on the way. what is it me for the forecast. get traffic and we

but just "hulk hogan" the hogan added-- he would never lie under oath. attorneys still have to figure out... who sent that tape to gawker. in pinellas county-- a woman was sent to the hospital... after taking a baseball-bat to the face. she was at a "braves" versus "toronto blue jay's" game in dunedin on monday. witnesses say, a bat @