Charles HarderMr. Bell is seeking at least $10 million plus punitive damages. Mr. Bell is being represented by Charles Harder, the same lawyer who represented Hulk Hogan in his lawsuit against Gawker Media over the publication of the professional wrestler's sex tape.
Less than a week after Gawker ran a clip of the infamous sex tape featuring the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan in October 2012, Hogan's personal attorney, David Houston, received messages from two lawyers in Los Angeles he'd never heard of.
Reno criminal defense attorney David Houston, who represented high profile defendants in Reno and nationally, including professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, is dead. He was 69. Houston died on Saturday following complications from a surgery he had around Thanksgiving, according to his friend and law partner Ken Lyon.
(AP) — David Houston, one of Reno's top defense attorneys who represented celebrities as well defendants in high-profile murder cases, has died. He was 69. Houston practiced law in Reno for more than 30 years. He died on Saturday following complications from a surgery, according to his friend and law partner Ken Lyon.
Gawker MediaGawker / OwnerGawker Media LLC was an American online media company and blog network. It was founded by Nick Denton in October 2003 as Blogwire, and was based in New York City. Wikipedia
Denton was featured in the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 in position #502 with an estimated wealth of ÂŁ140m (approximately $205m) based on the sale of his previous companies and the then-current value of Gawker Media. Denton lives in New York City.
His biggest success came in 1966, when his recording of "Almost Persuaded", topped the Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart for nine weeks, and garnered Houston a pair of Grammy Awards....David Houston (singer)David HoustonDiedNovember 30, 1993 (aged 57)GenresCountryOccupation(s)Singer-songwriterInstrumentsGuitar vocals8 more rows
Grand Ole Opry star David Houston, who won a Grammy for the 1966 million-seller country music classic "Almost Persuaded," died Tuesday at age 57. He suffered a ruptured brain aneurism Thanksgiving Day and never regained consciousness, said a spokesman for Bossier Medical Center in Bossier City, La.
57 years (1935–1993)David Houston / Age at death
Pregame’s complaint states that “the story contains false and defamatory statements that plaintiffs profit from their customers’ betting losses (a practice considered by many in the sports prediction industry to be particularly egregious) and are paid by sports books.”.
RJ Bell, the Las Vegas-based founder and CEO of the sports betting website Pregame.com, is suing Deadspin for $10 million for defamation over a story the sports website posted in June 2016. Bell, whose real name is Randall James Busack, is being represented by Charles Harder, the lawyer who helped Hulk Hogan win a $140 million judgment in his ...
Pregame.com founder RJ Bell is being represented by Charles Harder, the lawyer who helped Hulk Hogan win a $140 million judgment against Gawker over the publishing of a sex tape. RJ Bell (Twitter/RJinVegas)
Hogan, a former pro wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea, reached a $31 million settlement in November with the gossip website, which filed for bankruptcy in June 2016 and was sold to Univision in August for $135 million.