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{{Short description|American reality personality, the son of Hulk Hogan}}
{{Infobox Person
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| name = Nicholas Alan Bollea
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| image =
| name = Nick Hogan
| birth_name=Nicholas Anthony Bollea
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|27}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|27}}
| birth_place = [[Clearwater, Florida]], [[USA]]
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.<ref name=calibirthindex />
| yearsactive = 2005–2009
| partner = {{ubl
| Breana Tiesi (2008–2015)
| Brit Manuela (2017–2018)
| Tana Lea (2019–present)
}}
}}
| family = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brooke Hogan]] (sister)
* [[Horace Hogan]] (cousin)
}}
| father = [[Hulk Hogan]]
| mother = [[Linda Hogan (TV personality)|Linda Claridge]]
| television = ''[[Hogan Knows Best]]'' (2005–2007)<br />''[[Brooke Knows Best]]'' (2008–2009)
}}
'''Nicholas Anthony Bollea''' (born July 27, 1990),<ref name=calibirthindex>http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/nicholas_allan_bollea_born_1990_19709589 {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref> known as '''Nick Hogan''', is an American [[reality television]] personality known for his appearances on the reality show ''[[Hogan Knows Best]]'' (and its spinoff, ''[[Brooke Knows Best]]'') alongside his [[Hulk Hogan|father]], mother, and older [[Brooke Hogan|sister]].


Bollea was involved in a car crash in which he crashed into a tree as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol and racing his automobile on August 26, 2007. He spent May 9, 2008, to October 21, 2008, in [[Pinellas County Sheriff's Office#County Jail|Pinellas County Jail]] as a result. The passenger in Bollea's car, John Graziano, was seriously injured and suffered massive brain damage.
'''Nicholas Alan Bollea''' (born [[July 27]], [[1990]]), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Nick Hogan''' is an [[United States|American]] reality television personality best known from his appearances on the reality show ''[[Hogan Knows Best]]'' alongside his elder sibling [[Brooke Hogan|Brooke]] and their parents [[Linda Bollea|Linda]] and [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] [[Hulk Hogan]] in [[Clearwater, Florida]]. He has expressed interest in acting, wrestling, and motorsports as careers.
On [[August 26]], [[2007]], Bollea was arrested after a passenger in his car was crippled after the car Bollea was driving slammed into a palm tree at over 80 mph.<ref>http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/26/nick-hogan</ref>


== Motorsports ==
== Motorsports ==
Bollea earned a [[Formula D]] competition license in 2006 from Formula Drift, the only professional [[drifting (motorsport)|drifting]] series in North America, and competed in one of their competitions, the event in [[Atlanta]] on May 12, 2007.<ref>{{cite web | author=Tamara El-Khoury and Lorri Helfand | title = Hogan wreck tied to speed | date=August 28, 2007 | url = http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/28/Northpinellas/Hogan_wreck_tied_to_s.shtml | work=SPTimes | access-date = September 16, 2007}}</ref>
=== Participation ===
Bollea is active in the [[NOPI Drift]] series, qualified 10th at the [[Denver]] NOPI drift event of [[2007]], and placing third at their [[Pittsburgh]] event.<!--<ref>{{Citation | title = Hogan Drift: Kiss the Wall | url = http://hogandrift.com/ | accessdate = 2007-09-16}}</ref> -->Nick also occasionally attends amateur drifting competitions. Nick has attended two of Chris Tyler's drifting events in the Tampa Bay area. One of these was a drifting competition in DeSoto county the Friday prior to the crash of Nick's Toyota Supra. Nick did not compete, but he did give drifting demonstrations between the runs of competitors.<ref>{{Citation | last = Morelli | first = Keith | last2 = Thompson | first2 = Stephen | title = Fast Lane Leads Bollea To Tragedy | date= 2007-08-28 | url = http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBRQEATV5F.html | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref>


Bollea was active in the NOPI Drift series, qualified 10th at the [[Denver]] NOPI drift event of 2007, and placed third at their [[Pittsburgh]] event.<!--<ref>{{cite web | title = Hogan Drift: Kiss the Wall | url = http://hogandrift.com/ | access-date = September 16, 2007}}</ref> --> Bollea occasionally attended amateur drifting competitions. According to Chris Tyler, a drift event organizer, Bollea attended an event the Friday prior to the crash of Nick's Toyota Supra. Bollea did not compete; he gave drifting demonstrations between the runs of competitors.<ref name=tbo0828>{{cite web | author=Keith Morelli and Stephen Thompson | title = Fast Lane Leads Bollea To Tragedy | date=August 28, 2007 | url = http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBRQEATV5F.html | work=Tampa Bay Online | access-date = September 16, 2007}}</ref>
Nick earned a [[Formula D]] competition license in [[2006]] and is often described as a professional [[Drifting (motorsport)|drifter]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.driftlive.com/p=265 | title=Nick Hogan to Drive at Last Formula D Qualifier | publisher=DriftLive.com |date= July 25, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-09-27}}</ref> However, Formula Drift spokesman John Pangilinan says that Bollea has only competed in one of their competitions. This was the Formula Drift event that was held in [[Atlanta]] on [[May 12]], 2007.<ref>{{Citation | last = El-Khoury | first = Tamara | last2 = Helfand | first2 = Lorri | title = Hogan wreck tied to speed | date= 2007-08-28 | url = http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/28/Northpinellas/Hogan_wreck_tied_to_s.shtml = 2007-09-16}}</ref> Nick is currently scheduled to compete in the Formula D
championship at [[Irwindale]], [[California]] on [[October 13]],<ref>{{Citation | title = Hogan Drift: Kiss the Wall | url = http://hogandrift.com/ | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> pending any legal ramifications due to the [[#Supra crash|Supra incident]].


Bollea's celebrity status and enthusiasm for drifting attracted sponsors. He was briefly signed to [[Dodge]], but company spokesman Todd Goyer said that he "is not a Dodge driver or a Mopar driver", and that his relationship with Dodge/Mopar ended two months prior to his 2007 crash.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=122339#4 | title=Hulk Hogan's Son Totals Toyota Supra in Florida Crash | date=August 7, 2007 | work=Edmunds.com | access-date=December 5, 2007}}</ref> He was sponsored for the 2007 season by Polaroid, Mac Tools, BF Goodrich and Sparco.<ref name=driftdriver /> These companies are still listed on the NOPI website as sponsors of Nick's drift car,<ref name=driftdriver /> but Polaroid VP of marketing Cheryl Mau said, "We do not have a signed sponsorship agreement with Nick Hogan for the 2008 race season."<ref name=bay1029>{{cite web | url = http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/29/298798.html | title = Nick Bollea loses major sponsorship | date = October 29, 2007 | work=BayNews9.com | access-date=November 21, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071101085247/http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/29/298798.html |archive-date = November 1, 2007}}</ref>
Nick is not listed in Formula D's Professional Championship standings for 2007 or 2006,<ref>http://formulad.com/standings.php</ref><ref>http://formulad.com/standings.php?id=2006</ref> is not a member of any of the teams participating in Formula D's Team Drift Series,<ref>http://formulad.com/teamdriftstandings.php</ref> and is not in the current list of Formula drivers.<ref>http://formulad.com/drivers.php</ref>


Bollea had two [[Dodge Viper]]s with steering modified to enhance their drifting capability,<ref name=miller>{{cite web | author = Brian Miller | title = Young & Relentless | date = August 27, 2007 | url = http://www.rides-mag.com/online/?p=770 | access-date = September 16, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084511/http://www.rides-mag.com/online/?p=770 | archive-date = September 27, 2007 }}</ref> but his last competition vehicle was a Nissan 350Z.<ref name=tbo0828 /><ref name=driftdriver />
=== Competition vehicles and crew ===
John Graziano (the veteran Marine injured in the [[#Supra crash|Supra crash]]) and Danny Jacobs (the driver of the silver Viper, seen with the Supra at the time of the crash) worked in Nick Bollea's pit crew during 2007 in St. Louis, Denver and Los Angeles.<ref name=sp070914>{{cite web | author = Tamara El-Khoury | date=September 14, 2007 | url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Northpinellas/Under_the_radar_no_lo.shtml | title=Under the radar no longer | work=SPTimes | access-date=November 30, 2007}}</ref> Barry Lawrence, the passenger in the aforementioned Viper, was also a member of Bollea's pit crew.<ref name=driftdriver>{{cite web | url = http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727 | title = Drivers – Nick Hogan | work = Nopidrift.com | access-date = November 30, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071123232611/http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727 | archive-date = November 23, 2007 }}</ref>
Nick has two Dodge Vipers with steering that has been modified to enhance their drifting capability,<ref>{{Citation | last = Miller | first = Brian | title = Young & Relentless | date= 2007-08-27 | url = http://www.rides-mag.com/online/?p=770 | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> but his current competition vehicle is a Nissan 350Z.<ref>{{Citation | last = Morelli | first = Keith | last2 = Thompson | first2 = Stephen | title = Fast Lane Leads Bollea To Tragedy | date= 2007-08-28 | url = http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBRQEATV5F.html | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = NOPIDRIFT Drivers: Nick Hogan | url = http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727 | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref>
John Graziano (the former Marine injured in the Supra crash) Danny Jacobs (the driver of the silver Viper seen with the Supra at the time of the crash) worked in Nick Bollea's pit crew during 2007 in St. Louis, Denver and Los Angeles.<ref>http://sptimes.textamerica.com/?r=5822988</ref><ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Northpinellas/Under_the_radar_no_lo.shtml</ref> Barry Lawrence, the passenger of the viper, was also a member of Nick's pit crew.<ref>http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727</ref>


=== Sponsorship ===
== Vehicular incidents ==
On September 13, 2006, in [[Bay Harbor Islands, Florida]], Bollea was driving a yellow 2001 [[Lamborghini Diablo VT]] owned by Cecile Barker (chairman of [[SoBe Entertainment]], the record label attached to his sister) when it caught on fire. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Paul Perry said, "It was a normal car fire. It happens a bunch of times every day and nobody notices."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/hogan-knows-best-son-nick-hogan-uninjured-in-lamborghini-car-fire-1009864.php | title = 'Hogan Knows Best' son Nick Hogan uninjured in Lamborghini car fire | date = September 13, 2006 | work = RealityTVWorld.com/UPI | access-date=December 5, 2007}}</ref>
Nick's celebrity status and enthusiasm for drifting have attracted sponsors who are eager to associate themselves with his name. Nick was briefly signed to [[Dodge]], but company spokesman Todd Goyer said that he "is not a Dodge driver or a Mopar driver", and that his relationship with Dodge/Mopar ended two months prior to his 2007 crash.<ref>http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=122339#4</ref> He was sponsored for the 2007 season by Polaroid, Mac Tools, BF Goodrich and Sparco<ref>{{Citation | title = Hogan Drift: Kiss the Wall | url = http://hogandrift.com/ | accessdate = 2007-09-16}}</ref> These companies are still listed on the NOPI website as sponsors of Nick's drift car,<ref>http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727</ref> but Polaroid VP of marketing Cheryl Mau has said, "We do not have a signed sponsorship agreement with Nick Hogan for the 2008 race season."<ref name=bay1029>[http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/29/298798.html Nick Bollea loses major sponsorship] (October 29, 2007). ''BayNews9.com''. Accessed [[2007-11-21]].</ref>


On September 17, 2006, Bollea was stopped twice driving between Miami and Tampa. He was warned the first time and ticketed the second for going {{convert|115|mph|0|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|70|mph|0|abbr=on}} zone.<ref name=tbo070906>{{cite web | author=Stephen Thompson | date=September 6, 2007 | url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/06/na-bolleas-100-mph-speeding-got-warning-not-ticket/?news-breaking | title=Bollea's 100 MPH Speeding Got Warning, Not Ticket | work=Tampa Bay Online | access-date=November 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-06-hoagn-son-warning_N.htm | title=Troopers say Nick Hogan got warning, ticket | work=[[USAToday]] | date=September 6, 2007 | access-date=December 5, 2007}}</ref> In an August 2007 interview with ''Rides'', Bollea said he was driving {{convert|123|mph|0|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|50|mph|0|abbr=on}} zone.<ref name=miller /> His mother said the interview was exaggerated.<ref name=sp070914 />
== Vehicle incidents ==
=== Lamborghini fire ===
In 2006, in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, Nick was driving a yellow 2001 [[Lamborghini Diablo VT]] owned by Cecile Barker (chairman of [[SoBe Entertainment]], the record label attached to his sister) when it caught on fire. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Paul Perry said "It was a normal car fire. It happens a bunch of times every day and nobody notices."<ref>[http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/hogan-knows-best-son-nick-hogan-uninjured-in-lamborghini-car-fire-1009864.php 'Hogan Knows Best' son Nick Hogan uninjured in Lamborghini car fire]</ref><ref name="RaceDamage27">{{cite news | url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/aug/27/hogans-son-out-hospital-after-crash/?news-breaking | title=Passenger Of Nick Hogan's Car May Have Brain Damage; Possibly Drag Racing | publisher=[[Tampa Tribune]] |date= August 27, 2007| accessdate = 2007-09-27}}</ref>


On February 8, 2007, he was ticketed in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]] for driving {{convert|57|mph|0|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|30|mph|0|abbr=on}} zone, and on April 25, 2007, he was ticketed and received four points on his license for driving {{convert|106|mph|0|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|70|mph|0|abbr=on}} zone in Osceola County.<ref name=tbo070906 /> On August 10, 2007, he was ticketed in Pinellas Park after being clocked going {{convert|82|mph|0|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|45|mph|0|abbr=on}} construction zone.<ref name=tbo070906 />
===Traffic violations===
In 2006, within the first year of obtaining his license, Nick was ticketed five times<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212100147.shtml|title=Nick Hogan An Addict: Nick Hogan (Nick Bollea) Addicted To Speed|publisher=Post Chronicle|date=[[2007-05-28]]|accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref><ref name=tmz0827>[http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0827_nick_hogan_wm_01.pdf State of Florida Transcript of Driver Record] </ref> and received eight points,<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20964473/</ref> enough to restrict his driving to business purposes - on his record. The custom license tag on Nick's black 1998 Supra is "COEHSP2",<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0827071hogan1.html</ref> a reference to the police acronym for "Capable Of Eluding High Speed Pursuit".


=== Toyota Supra crash ===
In 2007 Nick gave an interview with ''Rides'' in which he talked about his habit of driving fast on public roads. In this interview he said that he was driving a silver Viper between Miami and Tampa when he was pulled over three times for driving in excess of 100 mph. Nick told the interviewer that the final stop - the only one resulting in a ticket - he was driving 123 mph in a 50 mph zone.<ref>{{Citation | last = Miller | first = Brian | title = Young & Relentless | date= 2007-08-27 | url = http://www.rides-mag.com/online/?p=770 | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> The events described in the interview do not match police records.<ref name=tbo070906>Stephen Thompson (September 6, 2007). [http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/06/na-bolleas-100-mph-speeding-got-warning-not-ticket/?news-breaking Bollea's 100 MPH Speeding Got Warning, Not Ticket]. ''TBO.com''. Accessed [[2007-11-21]].</ref> His mother has said that the interview was exaggerated.<ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Northpinellas/Under_the_radar_no_lo.shtml</ref> The ticket which most closely resembles the events described in the ''Rides'' interview is his September 26, 2006 citation when he was driving a Mercedes (not a Viper), was stopped twice (not three times), and was ticketed for going 117 mph (not 123 mph) in a 70 mph zone (not a 50 mph zone).<ref name=tbo070906 />
On the evening of August 26, 2007, just 16 days after his fourth speeding ticket in 11 months, the 17-year-old Bollea was involved in a serious crash in [[Clearwater, Florida]]. Bollea and three members of the pit crew for his drifting team,<ref name=driftdriver /> using two of his father's cars — a yellow [[Toyota Supra]] and a silver [[Dodge Viper]] — were traveling to a steakhouse when the single-vehicle crash occurred at Court Street and Missouri Avenue, near downtown Clearwater. The yellow Supra, which Bollea had been driving in the outside lane,<ref name=tmz1107 /> [[Fishtailing|fishtailed]] and spun across the road, crashing into the median strip and into a palm tree. The impact destroyed the car.<ref name="RaceDamage27">{{cite web |author=Stephen Thompson and Chris Echegaray |date=August 27, 2007 | url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/aug/27/hogans-son-out-hospital-after-crash/?news-breaking | title=Hogan's Son Out Of Hospital; Passenger In Critical Condition | work=Tampa Bay Online | access-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>


Bollea and his passenger, 22-year-old John Graziano, were flown to [[Bayfront Medical Center]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. Bollea was released from care on August 27 and said to be "OK".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.headlineplanet.com/base/articles/1188201268.html |title=Bubba Says Nick Hogan Was Released, Comments On Situation|date=August 27, 2007| work=Headline Planet|access-date=February 1, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071231113421/http://www.headlineplanet.com/base/articles/1188201268.html |archive-date = December 31, 2007}}</ref> Graziano, a U.S. Marine and a member of Bollea's pit crew, was not wearing a seatbelt.<ref name=bay1016>{{cite web | url=http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/16/295543.html | title = Police release details in Nick Bollea crash | work=BayNews9.com | access-date=November 23, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071118204919/http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/16/295543.html |archive-date = November 18, 2007}}</ref> The eye and brain injuries he sustained were expected to leave him in a nursing home for the rest of his life.<ref name=ledger /> In September 2009, Graziano returned to his home where he continued to receive full-time care.<ref>Drew Harwell (September 10, 2009). [http://www.tampabay.com/news/john-graziano-leaves-hospital-two-years-after-car-wreck-with-nick-hogan/1034797 John Graziano leaves hospital two years after car wreck with Nick Hogan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015114402/http://www.tampabay.com/news/john-graziano-leaves-hospital-two-years-after-car-wreck-with-nick-hogan/1034797 |date=October 15, 2012 }}. ''St. Petersburg Times''. Accessed December 1, 2010.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Violation
|-
| September 17, 2006
| Nick was driving a black Mercedes when he was stopped along [[Alligator Alley]] for speeding. He claimed that he had a family emergency, and was let go with a warning. He was stopped 19 miles later going 115 mph in a 70 mph zone and issued a $305.50 citation.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-06-hoagn-son-warning_N.htm</ref><ref name=tbo070906 />
|-
| February 8, 2007
| Nick was ticketed in Dade County, Florida for driving 57 mph in a 30 mph zone.<ref name=tbo070906 /><ref name=tmz0827 />
|-
| April 25, 2007
| Nick was ticketed for driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone in Osceola County.<ref>http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/27/nick-hogan-speed-demon</ref> He was convicted and received four points on his license.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20964473/</ref>
|-
| August 10, 2007
| Nick was ticketed in Pinellas Park after his 1998 Toyota was recorded going 82 mph in a 45 mph construction zone while workers were present.<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0827071hogan1.html</ref> He pleaded no contest, was fined $1,000, and received another four points on his license.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20964473/</ref> He was also ordered to attend a 12 hour driver improvement school.


==== Criminal charges ====
Nick was arrested again on November 7, 2007 for Reckless Driving Causing Serious Bodily Injury. He was then brought to Pinellas County Jail.
Bollea was charged with several violations for the crash, including a [[felony]]. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, November 7, 2007,<ref>{{cite web | author=Gina Serpe | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=898134cd-e9b5-4744-93a3-456bdc4d666a&entry=index | title=Nick Hogan Arrested for Critical Crash | work=EOnline.com | date=November 7, 2007 | access-date=November 30, 2007}}</ref> and was released within hours on $10,000 bail. Bollea was charged with reckless driving involving serious bodily injury (a 3rd degree felony, punishable by up to 5&nbsp;years in prison plus fines), use of a motor vehicle in commission of a felony, a person under the age of 21 operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0.02% or higher, and illegal window tint. Two hours after the wreck, Bollea's [[blood alcohol content]] was 0.055%.<ref name=sp071108 />
|}


Police believed that Nick Bollea and Danny Jacobs were speeding "in excess of {{convert|60|mph|0|abbr=on}} in the posted {{convert|40|mph|0|abbr=on}} zone" on the wet road prior to the crash and both were charged with reckless driving.<ref name=tmz1107>{{cite web | url=http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/1107_nick_hogan_wm.pdf | title=State of Florida vs. Nicholas Bollea | date=November 9, 2007 | access-date=August 1, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528225102/http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/1107_nick_hogan_wm.pdf | archive-date=May 28, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Eyewitnesses claimed the cars were racing.<ref name=msnca>{{cite web | title =Woman says Hulk Hogan's son racing another car before Florida crash | date=August 29, 2007 | url=http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/Hulk+Hogans+son+seriously+injured+in+Florida+car+crash/Celebs/Gossip/ContentPosting.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=51997030&feedname=CP-ENTERTAINMENT | access-date = September 16, 2007}} {{dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name=chasanchai>{{cite news | author = Athima Chasanchai | title = People in the News: Bollea was racing, crash witness says | date=August 29, 2007 | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/people/329481_people30.html | work=SeattlePi.com | access-date = September 16, 2007}}</ref><ref name=911tapes>{{cite web | url=http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/26/nick-hogan-crash-911-tapes-released/ | title=Nick Hogan Crash: 911 Tapes Released | date=November 26, 2007 | work=TMZ.com | access-date=November 27, 2007}}</ref> The official police report says that the two cars were racing, but that Jacobs' actions were not a direct cause of the crash.<ref name=tmz1107release>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/1107_hogan_press_release_wm.pdf |title=Nicholas Bollea Arrested for Reckless Driving Involving Serious Bodily Injury; Second Driver Given Court Summons for Reckless Driving |access-date=November 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231220/http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/1107_hogan_press_release_wm.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Supra crash and criminal charges ===
====Overview====
Nick was involved in a serious accident in [[Clearwater, Florida]] on the evening of [[August 26]], [[2007]] at around 7:31pm ET.<ref>http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/26/nick-hogan</ref> Nick and three members of the pit crew for his drifting team<ref>http://www.nopidrift.com/drivers.php?driver_id=1176989727</ref> were using two of his father's cars - a yellow [[Toyota Supra]]<ref>http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/16/295543.html</ref> and a silver viper - to travel to a steakhouse when the
single-vehicle crash occurred at Court St. and Missouri Ave., near downtown Clearwater. The yellow supra which Nick had been driving in the outside lane<ref name=tmz1107 /> fishtailed and spun across
the road, crashing into the median strip and into a palm tree. The impact of the collision "destroyed the entire car".<ref name="RaceDamage27" />
The posted speed limit on that stretch of road was 40 mph, but a reconstruction of the crash by police shows that the supra was traveling "in excess of 60 mph".<ref name=tmz1107 /> Danny Jacobs - the pit crew member driving the silver viper -
told police that the speed of the two cars was "not more than 70".<ref name=tmz1107 />
After the crash Nick told medical workers<ref name=tmz1107 /> and members of the drifting community<ref>http://www.drifting.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23766&page=3</ref> that wet roads were the cause of his crash. Viper passenger and
pit crew member Barry Lawrence told police that they were "speeding around" and added that Nick and Danny
"always drive like that".<ref name=tmz1107>[http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/1107_nick_hogan_wm.pdf State of Florida vs. Nicholas Bollea]. November 9, 2007.</ref>


Prior to the trial, Bollea's lawyer said that the crash was not the result of speeding,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=21760 | title=Daily Dish : Hogan's Son Charged With Reckless Driving | work=SFGate | access-date=August 1, 2008 | date=November 7, 2007}}</ref> emphasizing that Bollea was wearing a seatbelt and Graziano was not.<ref name=sp071108>{{cite web | author=Tamara El-Khoury | date=November 8, 2007 | url= http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/08/Northpinellas/Hulk_Hogan_s_son_char.shtml | title=Hulk Hogan's son charged in crash | work=SPTimes.com | access-date=November 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Thomas W. Krause | date=November 8, 2007 | url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/nov/08/na-hogan-defense-faults-seat-belt | title= Hogan Defense Faults Seat Belt | work=TBO.com | access-date=November 23, 2007}}</ref> Bollea's lawyer released a store's surveillance video from earlier in the day<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/hogans%20son%20releases%20video%20to%20disprove%20drag-racing%20reports_1049443 Hulk Hogan – Hogan's son releases video to disprove drag-racing reports] ''ContactMusic.com''. Accessed January 10, 2008.</ref> which he claimed could disprove the police report that Bollea was driving at least 50% faster than the posted speed limit. The Graziano family denied rumors of a civil suit,<ref name=bay0903>{{cite web | url=http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/9/3/284831.html | title=John Graziano's mom speaks out | work=BayNews9.com | date=September 3, 2007 | access-date=December 5, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071204223846/http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/9/3/284831.html |archive-date = December 4, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Brenda Jones | date=September 5, 2007 | url=http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=17&num=15890 | title=Nick & Hulk Hogan Taking Care of John Graziano Family "Financially" | work=National Ledger | access-date=August 1, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213175950/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=17&num=15890 | archive-date=February 13, 2009 }}</ref> but later the Graziano family lawyers suggested a civil suit against the Bolleas to pay for Graziano's lifetime medical care.<ref name=ledger>{{cite web | author=Tamara El-Khoury | date=October 13, 2007 | url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20071013/NEWS/710130433/1003/NEWS01 | title=Parents May Sue Hogan Family | work=TheLedger.com | access-date=November 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071111142749/http://www.theledger.com/article/20071013/NEWS/710130433/1003/NEWS01 |archive-date = November 11, 2007}}</ref>
====Aftermath====
After the crash, Jacobs and Lawrance drove to the Bollea family residence to inform Nick's father of the crash. They then returned to the scene of the accident where they were interviewed by police.<ref name=tmz1107 /> Nick and his passenger, 22-year-old [[John Graziano]], were flown to [[Bayfront Medical Center]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. Nick was released from care on August 27 and is "ok".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headlineplanet.com/base/articles/1188201268.html|title="Bubba Says Nick Hogan Was Released, Comments On Situation"|date=2007-08-27|work=[http://www.headlineplanet.com Headline Planet]}}</ref> Graziano, a US Marine<ref name="RaceDamage27" /> and a former member of Nick's pit crew,<ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Northpinellas/Under_the_radar_no_lo.shtml</ref> was not wearing a seatbelt<ref>http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/10/16/295543.html</ref> and received major head trauma as a result of the accident.<ref>http://www.vh1realityworld.com/2007/10/11/hogan-knows-best-car-crash-victim-is-permanently-disabled/</ref> The eye and brain injuries he sustained are expected to leave him in a nursing home the rest of his life.<ref>http://www.theledger.com/article/20071013/NEWS/710130433/1003/NEWS01</ref>


==== Incarceration ====
[[Image:Nickbolleabookingimage.jpg|thumb|150px|Booking Photo from Nick Bollea's November 7, 2007 arrest.]]
On May 9, 2008, Bollea entered a [[Nolo contendere|no contest plea]] and was sentenced to eight months in Pinellas County Jail. The sentence also called for Bollea to serve five years of probation, 500 community service hours, and his driver's license was suspended for three years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=61842|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209165903/http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=61842|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2013|title=Hulk Hogan's Son Sentenced to 8 Months in Jail|last=Tony Santaella|date=May 9, 2008|work=wltx.com|access-date=May 11, 2008}}</ref>


After a public records request, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released audio tapes of Bollea's jail phone conversation from his overnight incarceration several months earlier. The conversation included Bollea saying that crash victim John Graziano was a "negative person."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/article525802.ece|title=Bolleas' jail tapes anger victim's father|date=May 27, 2008|access-date=June 3, 2008|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529231459/http://www.tampabay.com/news/article525802.ece|archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> The press was critical of the excerpts blaming the crash victim.<ref>{{cite web | author=Kevin Eck | url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2008/05/the_end_of_hulkamania.html | title=The end of Hulkamania|date=May 25, 2008 |access-date=May 26, 2008|work=Baltimore Sun}}</ref> Bollea later sued the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office for releasing the tapes of his phone conversations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20204193,00.html|title=Hulk Hogan's Son Sues Sheriff Over Jailhouse Tapes|date=June 3, 2008|author=Mike Fleeman |access-date=June 3, 2008|work=People.com}}</ref>
====Legal issues====
Hogan was charged with three charges, including a [[felony]]. He turned himself in to authorities at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday, November 7, 2007.<ref>http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=898134cd-e9b5-4744-93a3-456bdc4d666a&entry=index</ref> Police in [[Clearwater]] issued a warrant for his arrest upon completion of an "extensive investigation" of the wreck, by a team of four officers. Because he is being charged as an adult, Nick was booked on the charges at the Pinellas County Jail.<ref>http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/07/warrant-issued-for-nick-hogan/</ref> He was released within hours on $10,000 bail. Bollea has been charged with Reckless Driving Involving Serious Bodily Injury (A 3rd degree felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison plus fines), Use of a motor vehicle in commission of a felony, a person under the age of 21 operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .02 or higher, and illegal window tint. Nick's lawyer has insisted that the accident was not the result of speeding<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=21760</ref> and has released a video<ref>http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/hogans%20son%20releases%20video%20to%20disprove%20drag-racing%20reports_1049443</ref> which he claims will disprove the police allegation<ref name=tmz1107 /> that Nick was driving at least 50% faster than the posted speed limit. Court records show that two hours after the wreck Nick's ethanol serum level was 0.055. The family of John Graziano have announced that they are preparing a civil suit against the Bolleas in order to pay for John's continuing medical care.<ref>http://www.theledger.com/article/20071013/NEWS/710130433/1003/NEWS01</ref> [[Barry Cohen (attorney)|Barry Cohen]] briefly took the case after DUI specialist J. Kevin Hayslett represented Bollea for a few days.<ref>{{cite web
|year=2007
|month=August 28
|url=http://www.boxxet.com/Hulk_Hogan/Barry_Cohen_out_as_Nick_Bollea_s_attorney.16r5gd.d
|title=Barry Cohen out as Bollea's attorney
|publisher=
|accessdate=2007-11-09
}}</ref>


Bollea was separated from the general jail population because he was a minor. His attorneys asked for reconsideration of his sentence, seeking temporary house arrest until he was 18&nbsp;years old. On June 3, 2008, the motion was denied.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=751d59fc-d72c-4582-92c0-27d398c280f4|title=Nick Bollea unhappy with the conditions in Pinellas County Jail|date=June 2, 2008|access-date=June 3, 2008|work=[[WFTS-TV]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606014008/http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=751d59fc-d72c-4582-92c0-27d398c280f4|archive-date=June 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Chris Harris|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588617/20080603/id_0.jhtml| title=Nick Hogan Will Remain In Solitary Confinement, Judge Rules|date=June 3, 2008|work=MTV|access-date=June 4, 2008}}</ref> Soon after, Bollea was moved to join three other juvenile inmates.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/05/nick.bollea.jail.ap/index.html | title=Hulk Hogan's son out of solitary confinement | date=June 5, 2008 | work=CNN | access-date=June 14, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611234746/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/05/nick.bollea.jail.ap/index.html |archive-date = June 11, 2008}}</ref> On July 27 (his 18th birthday), he was moved to Pinellas County Jail general population.
====Prior events====
Bollea - a minor - and his friends are alleged to have been drinking beers earlier in the day while they were out with his father<ref>http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/08/Northpinellas/Hulk_Hogan_s_son_char.shtml</ref> on the family's boat . The boat at one point paused at Shephard's Tiki Bar, but didn't stop there because the crowd was too large. The boat then went to Three Rooker Island, just south of [[Anclote Key]]; then returned to Shephard's, where pit crew member Barry Lawrence claims to have seen Bollea drinking something, but did not know what it was.<ref>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/nov/08/na-hogan-defense-faults-seat-belt/</ref>


On October 21, 2008, Bollea was released from the [[Pinellas County Jail]] due to "good time" credit and moved to his mother's home in Clearwater, Florida.<ref>[http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7688171&version=19&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1 Nick Hogan is a free man] (October 21, 2008) MyFoxTampaBay. Accessed October 20, 2008.</ref>
Police believe that Nick Bollea and Danny Jacobs were speeding prior to the crash of the supra.<ref> http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/14/Northpinellas/Under_the_radar_no_lo.shtml</ref><ref> http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/9/3/284831.html</ref><ref>http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=17&num=15890</ref><ref name=tmz1107 /> and both have been charged with reckless driving.<ref name=tmz1107release /><ref name=tmz1107/> Nick's father has said that the cars were not racing,<ref>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hogan-knows-best/hogan-knows-best-star-comes-to-10426.aspx</ref> but this contradicts police<ref name=tmz1107release /> interviews with eyewitnesses to the crash.<ref name=msnca>{{Citation
| title = Woman says Hulk Hogan's son racing another car before Florida crash
| date= 2007-08-29
|url=http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/Hulk+Hogans+son+seriously+injured+in+Florida+car+crash/Celebs/Gossip/ContentPosting.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=51997030&feedname=CP-ENTERTAINMENT | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref><ref name=chasanchai>{{Citation | last = Chasanchai | first = Athima | title = People in the News: Bollea was racing, crash witness says | date= 2007-08-29 | url = http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/people/329481_people30.html | accessdate = 2007-09-16 }}</ref> Frances Vitalis was in traffic the Supra and the Viper, and told the media that the two cars were revving their engines and racing between traffic signals prior to the crash.<ref name=msnca /><ref name=chasanchai /> The official police report says that the two cars were racing, but that the actions of Jacobs were not a direct cause of the accident.<ref name=tmz1107release>http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/1107_hogan_press_release_wm.pdf</ref>


On May 4, 2012, Bollea was granted early release from felony probation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge grants early probation release for Bollea|url=http://www.tampabay.com/components/video/judge-grants-early-probation-releasefor-bollea/1621971986001/2652468001/|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202110633/http://www.tampabay.com/components/video/judge-grants-early-probation-releasefor-bollea/1621971986001/2652468001/|archive-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref>
==References==

<references />
On November 18, 2023, Bollea was arrested for DUI in Clearwater, Florida, the same city where his reckless driving crash was 16 years prior.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Emily L |last1=Mahoney |title=Hulk Hogan's son Nick Hogan arrested in Clearwater for suspected DUI |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2023/11/19/nick-hogan-hulk-clearwater-crash-dui-arrest-driving/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> Bollea's father was on the scene during the arrest for aid.<ref>{{Citation |title=Bodycam: Hulk Hogan Comes to Son's Aid During DUI Arrest | date=January 18, 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3HPeEtczA |access-date=2024-02-12 |language=en}}</ref>

== Later life ==
Bollea had been in a long-time relationship with model Breana Tiesi from 2008 and 2015, followed by a relationship with popular [[Instagram]] model Brit Manuela between 2017 and 2018. Since 2019, he has been with pornographic actress Tana Lea. In October 2014, several publications named Bollea as the first male star to be directly targeted in the [[2014 celebrity photo leaks]], which included pictures of his mother, Linda, in a thong bikini. However Bollea denied the authenticity of some of the pictures.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Denham|first1=Jess|title=The Fappening 4 naked photo leaked: Hulk Hogan's son Nick Hogan becomes first male victim|date=October 5, 2014|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/the-fappening-nude-photo-leaks-hulk-hogans-son-nick-hogan-becomes-first-male-victim-9775428.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/the-fappening-nude-photo-leaks-hulk-hogans-son-nick-hogan-becomes-first-male-victim-9775428.html |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=Independent|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Hogan Becomes First Male Victim of Nude Photo Leak: Report|date=October 5, 2014|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/nick-hogan-first-male-victim-nude-photo-leak-report-2014510|publisher=Us magazine|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Hogan's iCloud Photos Hacked; The Fappening Claims First Male Celebrity|date=October 5, 2014|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/nick-hogans-icloud-photos-hacked-fappening-claims-first-male-celebrity-1699517|work= International Business Times|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{imdb name|id=1977725|name=Nick Hogan}}
* [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/hogan_knows_best/series_characters.jhtml ''Hogan Knows Best'' characters: Nick]
*[http://www.sptimes.com/2007/webspecials07/special_reports/bollea/ ''St. Petersburg Times'' page on the Bollea case]

* [http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=D71DF94F-7B99-489B-B5D9-D9F007E9172B&gsa=true 'Nick Hogan released from hospital after crashing his Toyota Supra']
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Latest revision as of 15:43, 1 June 2024

Nick Hogan
Born
Nicholas Anthony Bollea

(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990 (age 33)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Years active2005–2009
TelevisionHogan Knows Best (2005–2007)
Brooke Knows Best (2008–2009)
Partners
  • Breana Tiesi (2008–2015)
  • Brit Manuela (2017–2018)
  • Tana Lea (2019–present)
Parents
Family

Nicholas Anthony Bollea (born July 27, 1990),[1] known as Nick Hogan, is an American reality television personality known for his appearances on the reality show Hogan Knows Best (and its spinoff, Brooke Knows Best) alongside his father, mother, and older sister.

Bollea was involved in a car crash in which he crashed into a tree as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol and racing his automobile on August 26, 2007. He spent May 9, 2008, to October 21, 2008, in Pinellas County Jail as a result. The passenger in Bollea's car, John Graziano, was seriously injured and suffered massive brain damage.

Motorsports[edit]

Bollea earned a Formula D competition license in 2006 from Formula Drift, the only professional drifting series in North America, and competed in one of their competitions, the event in Atlanta on May 12, 2007.[2]

Bollea was active in the NOPI Drift series, qualified 10th at the Denver NOPI drift event of 2007, and placed third at their Pittsburgh event. Bollea occasionally attended amateur drifting competitions. According to Chris Tyler, a drift event organizer, Bollea attended an event the Friday prior to the crash of Nick's Toyota Supra. Bollea did not compete; he gave drifting demonstrations between the runs of competitors.[3]

Bollea's celebrity status and enthusiasm for drifting attracted sponsors. He was briefly signed to Dodge, but company spokesman Todd Goyer said that he "is not a Dodge driver or a Mopar driver", and that his relationship with Dodge/Mopar ended two months prior to his 2007 crash.[4] He was sponsored for the 2007 season by Polaroid, Mac Tools, BF Goodrich and Sparco.[5] These companies are still listed on the NOPI website as sponsors of Nick's drift car,[5] but Polaroid VP of marketing Cheryl Mau said, "We do not have a signed sponsorship agreement with Nick Hogan for the 2008 race season."[6]

Bollea had two Dodge Vipers with steering modified to enhance their drifting capability,[7] but his last competition vehicle was a Nissan 350Z.[3][5] John Graziano (the veteran Marine injured in the Supra crash) and Danny Jacobs (the driver of the silver Viper, seen with the Supra at the time of the crash) worked in Nick Bollea's pit crew during 2007 in St. Louis, Denver and Los Angeles.[8] Barry Lawrence, the passenger in the aforementioned Viper, was also a member of Bollea's pit crew.[5]

Vehicular incidents[edit]

On September 13, 2006, in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, Bollea was driving a yellow 2001 Lamborghini Diablo VT owned by Cecile Barker (chairman of SoBe Entertainment, the record label attached to his sister) when it caught on fire. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Paul Perry said, "It was a normal car fire. It happens a bunch of times every day and nobody notices."[9]

On September 17, 2006, Bollea was stopped twice driving between Miami and Tampa. He was warned the first time and ticketed the second for going 115 mph (185 km/h) in a 70 mph (113 km/h) zone.[10][11] In an August 2007 interview with Rides, Bollea said he was driving 123 mph (198 km/h) in a 50 mph (80 km/h) zone.[7] His mother said the interview was exaggerated.[8]

On February 8, 2007, he was ticketed in Miami-Dade County, Florida for driving 57 mph (92 km/h) in a 30 mph (48 km/h) zone, and on April 25, 2007, he was ticketed and received four points on his license for driving 106 mph (171 km/h) in a 70 mph (113 km/h) zone in Osceola County.[10] On August 10, 2007, he was ticketed in Pinellas Park after being clocked going 82 mph (132 km/h) in a 45 mph (72 km/h) construction zone.[10]

Toyota Supra crash[edit]

On the evening of August 26, 2007, just 16 days after his fourth speeding ticket in 11 months, the 17-year-old Bollea was involved in a serious crash in Clearwater, Florida. Bollea and three members of the pit crew for his drifting team,[5] using two of his father's cars — a yellow Toyota Supra and a silver Dodge Viper — were traveling to a steakhouse when the single-vehicle crash occurred at Court Street and Missouri Avenue, near downtown Clearwater. The yellow Supra, which Bollea had been driving in the outside lane,[12] fishtailed and spun across the road, crashing into the median strip and into a palm tree. The impact destroyed the car.[13]

Bollea and his passenger, 22-year-old John Graziano, were flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. Bollea was released from care on August 27 and said to be "OK".[14] Graziano, a U.S. Marine and a member of Bollea's pit crew, was not wearing a seatbelt.[15] The eye and brain injuries he sustained were expected to leave him in a nursing home for the rest of his life.[16] In September 2009, Graziano returned to his home where he continued to receive full-time care.[17]

Criminal charges[edit]

Bollea was charged with several violations for the crash, including a felony. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, November 7, 2007,[18] and was released within hours on $10,000 bail. Bollea was charged with reckless driving involving serious bodily injury (a 3rd degree felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison plus fines), use of a motor vehicle in commission of a felony, a person under the age of 21 operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0.02% or higher, and illegal window tint. Two hours after the wreck, Bollea's blood alcohol content was 0.055%.[19]

Police believed that Nick Bollea and Danny Jacobs were speeding "in excess of 60 mph (97 km/h) in the posted 40 mph (64 km/h) zone" on the wet road prior to the crash and both were charged with reckless driving.[12] Eyewitnesses claimed the cars were racing.[20][21][22] The official police report says that the two cars were racing, but that Jacobs' actions were not a direct cause of the crash.[23]

Prior to the trial, Bollea's lawyer said that the crash was not the result of speeding,[24] emphasizing that Bollea was wearing a seatbelt and Graziano was not.[19][25] Bollea's lawyer released a store's surveillance video from earlier in the day[26] which he claimed could disprove the police report that Bollea was driving at least 50% faster than the posted speed limit. The Graziano family denied rumors of a civil suit,[27][28] but later the Graziano family lawyers suggested a civil suit against the Bolleas to pay for Graziano's lifetime medical care.[16]

Incarceration[edit]

On May 9, 2008, Bollea entered a no contest plea and was sentenced to eight months in Pinellas County Jail. The sentence also called for Bollea to serve five years of probation, 500 community service hours, and his driver's license was suspended for three years.[29]

After a public records request, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released audio tapes of Bollea's jail phone conversation from his overnight incarceration several months earlier. The conversation included Bollea saying that crash victim John Graziano was a "negative person."[30] The press was critical of the excerpts blaming the crash victim.[31] Bollea later sued the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office for releasing the tapes of his phone conversations.[32]

Bollea was separated from the general jail population because he was a minor. His attorneys asked for reconsideration of his sentence, seeking temporary house arrest until he was 18 years old. On June 3, 2008, the motion was denied.[33][34] Soon after, Bollea was moved to join three other juvenile inmates.[35] On July 27 (his 18th birthday), he was moved to Pinellas County Jail general population.

On October 21, 2008, Bollea was released from the Pinellas County Jail due to "good time" credit and moved to his mother's home in Clearwater, Florida.[36]

On May 4, 2012, Bollea was granted early release from felony probation.[37]

On November 18, 2023, Bollea was arrested for DUI in Clearwater, Florida, the same city where his reckless driving crash was 16 years prior.[38] Bollea's father was on the scene during the arrest for aid.[39]

Later life[edit]

Bollea had been in a long-time relationship with model Breana Tiesi from 2008 and 2015, followed by a relationship with popular Instagram model Brit Manuela between 2017 and 2018. Since 2019, he has been with pornographic actress Tana Lea. In October 2014, several publications named Bollea as the first male star to be directly targeted in the 2014 celebrity photo leaks, which included pictures of his mother, Linda, in a thong bikini. However Bollea denied the authenticity of some of the pictures.[40][41][42]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/nicholas_allan_bollea_born_1990_19709589 [bare URL]
  2. ^ Tamara El-Khoury and Lorri Helfand (August 28, 2007). "Hogan wreck tied to speed". SPTimes. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Keith Morelli and Stephen Thompson (August 28, 2007). "Fast Lane Leads Bollea To Tragedy". Tampa Bay Online. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
  4. ^ "Hulk Hogan's Son Totals Toyota Supra in Florida Crash". Edmunds.com. August 7, 2007. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
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