Nick Hogan#Supra crash

{{Short description|American reality personality, the son of Hulk Hogan}}

{{Infobox person

| image =

| name = Nick Hogan

| birth_name = Nicholas Allan Bollea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|27}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 2005–2009

| partner = {{ubl

| Bre Tiesi (2008–2015)

| Brit Manuela (2017–2018)

| Tana Lea (m. 2025)

}}

| family = {{Plainlist|

Brooke Hogan (sister)
Horace Hogan (cousin)

}}

| father = Hulk Hogan

| mother = Linda Claridge

| television = Hogan Knows Best (2005–2007)
Brooke Knows Best (2008–2009)

}}

Nicholas Allan Bollea (born July 27, 1990),http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/nicholas_allan_bollea_born_1990_19709589 {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}} 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 the Pinellas County Jail as a result. The passenger in Bollea's car, John Graziano, was seriously injured and suffered massive brain damage.

Motorsports

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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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.{{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}} He was sponsored for the 2007 season by Polaroid, Mac Tools, BF Goodrich and Sparco. These companies are still listed on the NOPI website as sponsors of Nick's drift car, but Polaroid VP of marketing Cheryl Mau said, "We do not have a signed sponsorship agreement with Nick Hogan for the 2008 race season."{{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}}

Bollea had two Dodge Vipers with steering modified to enhance their drifting capability,{{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 }} but his last competition vehicle was a Nissan 350Z.

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.{{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}} Barry Lawrence, the passenger in the aforementioned Viper, was also a member of Bollea's pit crew.{{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 }}

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."{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}} 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. His mother said the interview was exaggerated.

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. 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.

= Toyota Supra crash =

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, 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 at a high rate of speed, fishtailed and spun across the road, crashing into the median strip and into a palm tree. The impact destroyed the car.{{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}}

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".{{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}} Graziano, a U.S. Marine and a member of Bollea's pit crew, was not wearing a seatbelt.{{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}} The eye and brain injuries he sustained were expected to leave him in a nursing home for the rest of his life. In September 2009, Graziano returned to his home where he continued to receive full-time care.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.

== Criminal charges ==

Bollea was charged with several violations for the crash, including a felony. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, November 7, 2007,{{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}} 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%.

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.{{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 }} Eyewitnesses claimed the cars were racing.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} The official police report says that the two cars were racing, but that Jacobs' actions were not a direct cause of the crash.{{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 }}

Prior to the trial, Bollea's lawyer said that the crash was not the result of speeding,{{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}} emphasizing that Bollea was wearing a seatbelt and Graziano was not.{{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}}{{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}} Bollea's lawyer released a store's surveillance video from earlier in the day[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. 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,{{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}}{{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 }} but later the Graziano family lawyers suggested a civil suit against the Bolleas to pay for Graziano's lifetime medical care.{{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}}

== Incarceration ==

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.{{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}}

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".{{cite web|url=https://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}} The press was critical of the excerpts blaming the crash victim.{{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 | archive-date=May 26, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526075404/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2008/05/the_end_of_hulkamania.html | url-status=dead }} Bollea later sued the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office for releasing the tapes of his phone conversations.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20204193,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604073254/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20204193,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2008|title=Hulk Hogan's Son Sues Sheriff Over Jailhouse Tapes|date=June 3, 2008|author=Mike Fleeman |access-date=June 3, 2008|work=People}}

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.{{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}}{{cite web|author=Chris Harris|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588617/20080603/id_0.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929113759/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588617/20080603/id_0.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2008| title=Nick Hogan Will Remain In Solitary Confinement, Judge Rules|date=June 3, 2008|work=MTV|access-date=June 4, 2008}} Soon after, Bollea was moved to join three other juvenile inmates.{{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}} 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.[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]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (October 21, 2008) MyFoxTampaBay. Accessed October 20, 2008.

On May 4, 2012, Bollea was granted early release from felony probation.{{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}}

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

On June 21, 2024, Bollea was sentenced to 1 year of probation for the incident.{{cite web | url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/06/21/nick-hogan-dui-arrest-sentence-probation-nicholas-bollea/ | title=Nick Hogan, son of Hulk Hogan, sentenced to 1 year of probation for drunken driving }}

Later life

Bollea had been in a long-time relationship with model Bre 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 and married her on January 25, 2024. 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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=1977725|name=Nick Hogan}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050701040959/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]

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