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Silicon Valley / Peter Thiel / Hulk Hogan / Miriam Smith #1177247

CBS Evening News for Thursday, May 26, 2016
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As you may remember Hulk Hogan recently won a lawsuit against a Web site that posted a secretly recorded sex video of the pro wrestler. Now it turns out Hogan had a heavyweight in his corner for the courtroom match. One who was rich and motivated. [Peter Thiel] Here's John Blackstone. Behind the high profile court case of Hulk Hogan versus the gossip Web site Gawker, was a secret. Hogan whose real name is Terry Bollea got nearly 10 million dollars to pay for his legal team from Silicon Valley bi...
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John Blackstone
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