Hulk Hogan's son Sentenced to 8 months in jail
Tuesday, May 13 2008 | Comments (1)
Hulk Hogans son Nick
With the new season of American Gladiators starting, Hulk Hogan would normally have a lot to celebrate. Unfortunately the Hulksters son being sentenced isn't one of them. Nick Bollea, son of the legendary Wrestling star appeared before a Florida judge to be sentenced for his role in the near fatal accident that has left his friend, John Graziano, permanently injured.
Reports say that John Graziano has been left in a permanent vegetative state after the accident.
Nick was supported in court by his father Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea), his estranged wife Linda and daughter Brooke, 20, who all testified during the trial.
While in court Nick Bollea made this statement:
"I would like to apologise to the Grazianos and to my family for the accident. Every single day I think about the accident and about John.
"I will never ever be able to say I'm sorry enough."
Nick's Car
The story was reported by Stuff.co.nz as follows:
Nick Bollea, the son of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, has been jailed for eight months.
Nick received the sentence after pleading no contest to causing a crash that almost killed his best friend.
The 17-year-old was taken straight from court to begin his sentence for reckless driving, which will be followed by five years probation and 500 hours community service.
The crash in August last year - which left his friend and passenger, John Graziano, with a broken skull and in need of lifelong medical care - happened after Nick and another friend were racing their cars.
Nick lost control of his vehicle - a sports car belonging to his father - after clipping a kerb and then hit a tree. John wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
Nick’s family supported him during the hearing, but refused to comment afterwards.
The teenager’s lawyers, Kevin Hayslett and Sandy Weinberg Jr., issued a statement saying: "Nick Bollea resolved his criminal charges by pleading no contest to the charge of reckless driving with injury. Nick took responsibility for his actions and was sentenced to county jail.
"During his probation Nick will continue his community service work with the National Wave and Freedom Group where he raises money for the J and J fund to support the recovery efforts of John Graziano as well as John Paul Fillipi who was also injured in a car accident last year.
"As always Nick will continue to focus on his friend John Graziano's recovery."
Nick could have been jailed for up to five years.
The family of John Graziano were believed to have asked for a sentence of no more than a year.
Nick and the rest of his family, Hulk, sister Brooke and mother Linda, shot to fame together in hit US reality TV show Hogan Knows Best.
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Tuesday, May 20 2008 08:52 PM reality-geek:
This was truely a tragedy, I wish the best to that boy and his family. I agree with the sentence even though it is not popular, but this is something he will have to live with for the rest of his life. No amount of jail time will bring John back and it was gracious of his family to understand that. My thoughts go out to both families.