Radio show says it has tapes with threats to Hulk Hogan

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CLEARWATER — Clearwater police are investigating two to five "vile and disgusting" telephone messages left for Hulk Hogan, according to an attorney for Hogan's son, Nick Bollea.

On Friday, police said they are investigating threatening phone calls made by a member of John Graziano's family to the Bollea family.

J. Kevin Hayslett, one of Nick Bollea's attorneys, confirmed Monday the messages were left for Hulk Hogan, who is also known as Terry Bollea.

Graziano was a passenger in Nick Bollea's speeding Toyota Supra when it crashed into a tree in Clearwater on Aug. 26.

Graziano, 23, a former Marine, suffered a serious head injury and is in a semiconscious state at Tampa's James A. Haley VA Medical Center. Nick Bollea, 17, is serving an eight-month jail sentence on a charge of reckless driving with serious bodily injury.

On Monday, the Bubba the Love Sponge Show said it obtained tapes that it said were the calls. A show producer said he couldn't say how the show obtained the tapes. The language used by the caller in the tapes is extremely obscene and graphic.

In another message, the caller says, "every Marine, every gangsta, every lowlife, every crackhead and every scumbag, is going to be looking for you."

George Tragos, one of the lawyers representing John Graziano, said he doesn't know who made the recording because the caller does not identify himself.

Clearwater police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts said she wouldn't release any additional information Monday, citing an ongoing investigation.

Tamara El-Khoury can be reached at tel-khoury@sptimes.com and (727) 445-4181.

Comments on this article

by Teufelhunden	Jun 19, 2008 9:47 AM
As a MARINE this is by far not funny.We don't make threats.It's amazing that BUBBA has not played the [OTHER] tapes where H,H, PUTS EVERY POOR AMERICAN down for joining the military to serve this country and try to change their lives those are HULK W

by Rickster	Jun 18, 2008 6:15 PM
Sounds like this driving real fast thing might turn out to be a necessary life skill, after all....

by chris	Jun 18, 2008 6:14 PM
Its funny how the Hogans are getting all this attention , if you watch there show , they show nick doing all this stuff that gets you in trouble with your parents. And you know Hulk edits his own shows , so this is all prolly a ploy .

by kayanne	Jun 18, 2008 6:14 PM
John should have had a set belt on first and fore most. No one forced him in that car and he knew what they were up to. It is unfortunate that he was injured but he to has a responsibility to keep himself safe and out of harms way.

by Craig	Jun 18, 2008 6:14 PM
Can anyone tell me why a 23 year old "ex-Marine" is hang around a 17 year old kid? Answer $$ and fame by assocation. Aka a hanger-on. It's all fun and games til someone get hurt.

by mason	Jun 17, 2008 5:19 PM
they couldn't say how they got the tapes?? how about hulk and bubba are bff's.... it's a well known fact!

by Inya	Jun 17, 2008 4:59 PM
This circus is getting out of hand. What's next, is Brooke going to rehab over all this and thereby causing more fauder for a reality show. Tune in tomorrow for As The Hogans Turn.

by Harold	Jun 17, 2008 3:17 PM
The only reason that one kid is in jail and the other in a coma, is that first one was smart enough to put on a seatbelt. This fact will greatly impact any monetary award for the Graziano family.

by Bruce	Jun 17, 2008 2:36 PM
It sounds like an angry Graziano family member to me. John's brother was on The Schmitt Show talking in these tones, though not exactly these threatening tones. Nick should pay for his irresponsibility as set by the law and civily in court if sued.

by Bruce	Jun 17, 2008 2:36 PM
Nick should not be given any breaks due his celebrity status. He learned a hard lesson...I hope. I'm sure he will pay much in a civil suit if the Graziano's sue. It's a shame Hulkster's family has fallen apart. I hope they turn to Jesus.

by Bruce	Jun 17, 2008 2:35 PM
Hurting Nick Bollea won't solve anything or bring John's health back. Forgiveness is needed here. I wish both families will turn to God for help.

by Ned	Jun 17, 2008 1:15 PM
Everyone needs to back off Hootie oh GAWD

by Mike	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
Yeah, figures Tragos would not "know" who the caller was........

by Jay	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
I would not have gotten into a shopping cart with Nick driving.

by Andrea	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
Someone knows who the caller is. They're just not saying yet. Good police work will get to the bottom of this. To the person who made the calls, go back under the rock you came from, Sick B......

by Patrick	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
Dave, all we ask is that his son face his time like a man, not like a rich punk who thinks he's above the law.

by filibuster	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
Would someone please put a gag order on this story! Stop printing this nonsense. Quit giving the Hogan's all this attention. They are scum of the earth.

by Mike	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
These messages were disturbing, and what was said was beyond called for, whoever defends what this guy said it a moron also and should be locked up with this guy.

by Mike R	Jun 17, 2008 12:18 PM
The tragedy of John Graziano's injuries is the only important aspect of the Bollea case. The rest serves only to show that the "Hogans" are low grade trash with more money than breeding.

by Mark	Jun 17, 2008 9:13 AM
Are they sure that wasnt Macho Man Randy Savage? Was there a "Snap into a Slim Jim" at the end?

by dave	Jun 17, 2008 8:49 AM
I wish everyone would leave the Hulkster alone!!!! He made some mistakes, but he is human!!!