According to The National Enquirer, which was the source that broke the news of Hulk Hogan’s 2008 racist rant, Hogan is now being accused of lying under oath in his current lawsuit against Gawker.
The Enquirer report notes during a hearing on July 2nd, Gawker attorney Seth Berlin told the judge he had learned Hulk Hogan made statements under oath during both a deposition and a talk with the FBI that are “directly at odds with another.”
“So we have a situation… where the key participant, the plaintiff, is telling us one thing under oath and telling the FBI something else,” Berlin wrote.
Depending on who Hogan might have lied to, he could be found guilty of either obstruction of justice or perjury. If he lied to the Gawker lawyers he would be guilty of perjury, and if he lied to the FBI he would be guilty of obstruction of justice. Being found guilty of the either of those crimes could be punishable with jail time, and defense attorney Anthony Brooklier had the following to say to the Enquirer:
“That’s how Martha Stewart got nailed. It wasn’t insider trading that put her in jail. It was the lie she told to the cops.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
