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Gawker’s reasoning for showing the world Hulk Hogan’s penis

March 9, 2016Article
New York Post

Gawker posted the Hulk Hogan sex tapewithout blurring his private parts — as it did with nude footage of actor Eric Danes in a previous posting — because while the “Gray’s Anatomy” star was “flaccid,” Hogan was ready for action, jurors heard publisher Nick Denton say.

Denton was confronted about the disparate treatment for the two celebs during a videotaped deposition in 2013, when he claimed it was because “different stories vary in their treatment.”

“Is Hulk Hogan’s penis more newsworthy than Eric Dane’s?” Hogan lawyer Douglas Mirell asked.

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