Some website called gawker published a tape of him in a compromising position with his (formerly) best friend's wife. So he sued. And won.
Here's a commentary I lifted from Ann Althouse blog. Love the "top rated comment" at the end.
Samantha Barbas, a law professor at the University at Buffalo whose research focuses on the intersection of the First Amendment, media and privacy, said... “For a jury to say that a celebrity has a right to privacy that outweighs the public’s ‘right to know,’ and that a celebrity sex tape is not newsworthy, represents a real shift in American free press law”...
The top-rated comment tops the lawprof:
This decision will have a chilling effect on the dissemination of private sex tapes involving professional wrestlers. A sad day for America.
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