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HULK HOGAN - HOGAN FAMILY BLASTED FOR LACK OF REMORSE
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HOGAN FAMILY BLASTED FOR LACK OF REMORSE
LATEST: Wrestling star HULK HOGAN and his family have been chastised by the parents of the teenager left critically injured by their son NICK's 2007 car crash.
Nick Bollea, 17, is currently serving an eight-month prison sentence at Florida's Pinellas County Jail, after pleading no contest to felony reckless driving following a horrific car crash in Clearwater, Florida - which has left his friend John Graziano brain damaged.
But Graziano's parents Ed and Debra are furious at the teenager's lack of remorse, after hearing Nick discuss plans to win an early release from jail in taped telephone conversations that were leaked online at the weekend (23-25May08).
On the tapes, obtained by website TMZ.com, Bollea can be heard telling his dad that he wants to turn up for a court hearing "in my jumpsuit, for the sympathetic factor".
A statement released by the Grazianos via their lawyers reads: "These tapes clearly show what the Bolleas said in court was calculated to give the Court the impression that Nick deserved a break. It was a true Academy Award performance. They (the Bollea family) spoke of their love for John and they expressed how sorry they were, but their true feelings have now been revealed in the tapes..."
The Grazianos also blast the Bolleas for trying to cash in on their grief - by turning Nick's prison stint into a money-spinning reality TV show.
They add: "Nick Bollea and Terry Bollea are already planning a new reality show. Cameras are set to film Nick Bollea as he is released from jail and while he serves his probation."
Ed Graziano goes on to say: "The reason he (Nick) was put in jail is to think about what he did to my son. (But) that's the last thought on his mind."
28 May 2008 04:31
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Anya05 
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posted on 29/05/2008 17:47
What hypocrites! Nick's mom accuses the victim's family members of trying to get
money, and then her husband and son are on tape plotting ways to make the most money
from this tragedy.
They will turn around and apologize and explain that their comments have been taken
out of context when in REALITY, they are wrong and should be embarrassed. Who would
believe ANYTHING that comes from their mouths.
They are low-class people who have convinced themselves that they live by a different
set of standards because they are special.
The entire family is pathetic and I hope that the public shows them just how much
we think of their phoniness and their manipulative ways by NOT TUNING IN!!
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bigdrmr (1)
posted on 29/05/2008 02:36
Hulk Hogan insinuates in a taped telephone conversation with his son that John, a
Marine that served his country in Iraq, was a bad person and somehow God has done
this as punishment. What kind of a monster would say such a thing? Yet Hogan is all
boohoo because his kid has to serve eight months in jail while John is more than
likely going to spend the rest of his life compromised. Hulk Hogan has been an American
icon and idolized by wrestling fans and it is upsetting to find out what a horrible
person Hulk and his son really are. I find the telephone conversations between Nick
and both his parents appalling and would NEVER again waste my time watching them
on wrestling, reality tv or any other media outlet. My prayers are with the Graziano
family and I hope they get every penny the Hogans made on their UN-reality show.
