Hogan Family blasted for lack of remorse
Hulk Hogan and his family have been chastized 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.
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.”
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May 28th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
They SUCK in the highest magnitude of total unrivaled and complete suckiness, never to be outsucked by another.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:37 am
That’s horrible……..that family is wacked
May 29th, 2008 at 6:02 am
OK, so maybe i haven’t kept up with htis 100%, but honestly? John was in the car too…just because he is in a veg state, he is released from all responsibilty? && he is portrayed as the poor victem? I’d bet my colege fund that JOhn was egging Nick on because that’s how guys do it. It is absolutly discusting that ALL the blame is being put on the hogan family.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:14 am
I agree with Cheri 100% I do feel sorry for Johns family because no family should have to see there son that way. BUt he is a 23 y/o adult and chose to get in that car with Nick and i am SURE he new what they were going to end up doing that night.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:35 am
uhhm, did you guys even HEAR the tapes?
The Hogans suck.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:12 am
He shouldn’t have gotten into the car with the Hogan kid, but guess what, Nick made the choice to put the key in the ignition, turn the car on and drive like an idiot after drinking. One kid will be a vegetable for the rest of his life while this remorseless piece of crap is planning one exploiting the situation for as much money as he possibly can the second he completes his too-short time in prison for pretty much ending his “best friend’s” life. Sorry, but greedy, irresponsible douchebag trumps the whole “he shouldn’t have gotten in the car” argument every time.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Thank you, “Sorry, but …” for actually having a working brain.
I was beginning to think this site was full of complete morons. whew.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Oh and Coops, props to Coops on the brain as well. lol