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In 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."[8]
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 in a 70 mph zone.[9][10] In an August 2007 interview with Rides, Bollea said he was driving 123 mph in a 50 mph zone.[6] His mother said the interview was exaggerated.[7]
On February 8, 2007, he was ticketed in Miami-Dade County, Florida for driving 57 mph in a 30 mph zone, and on April 25, 2007, he was ticketed and received four points on his license for driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone in Osceola County.[9] On August 10, 2007, he was ticketed in Pinellas Park after his 1998 Toyota was recorded going 82 mph in a 45 mph construction zone.[9]
[edit] Supra crash
Bollea was involved in a serious accident in Clearwater, Florida, on the evening of August 26, 2007. Bollea and three members of the pit crew for his drifting team,[4] using two of his father's cars — a yellow Toyota Supra[11] and a silver Dodge Viper — were traveling to a steakhouse when the single-vehicle crash occurred at Court St. and Missouri Ave., 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.[11] The eye and brain injuries he sustained are expected to leave him in a nursing home for the rest of his life.[15]
[edit] Charges
Bollea was charged with several violations, including a felony, for the crash. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, November 7, 2007,[16] 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, Nick's blood alcohol content was 0.055.[17]
Police believed that Nick Bollea and Danny Jacobs were speeding "in excess of 60 mph in the posted 40 mph zone" on the wet road prior to the crash and both were charged with reckless driving.[12] Eyewitnesses claimed the cars were racing.[18][19][20] Frances Vitalis was in traffic with 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.[18][19] The official police report says that the two cars were racing, but that Jacobs' actions were not a direct cause of the accident.[21]
Prior to the trial, Bollea's lawyer said that the accident was not the result of speeding,[22] emphasizing that Bollea was wearing a seatbelt and Graziano was not.[23][17] Bollea's lawyer released a store's surveillance video from earlier in the day[24] which he claimed could disprove the police report that Nick was driving at least 50% faster than the posted speed limit. The Graziano family denied rumors of a civil suit,[25][26] but later the Graziano family lawyers suggested a civil suit against the Bolleas to pay for John's lifetime medical care.[15]
[edit] Incarceration
On May 9, 2008, Bollea entered a no contest plea and was sentenced to eight months in Pinellas County Jail. The sentence also calls for Bollea to serve five years of probation, 500 community service hours, and his driver's license was suspended for 3 years.[27]
TMZ.com released audio tapes of Nick's jail phone conversation from his overnight incarceration several months ago, and these include conversations with his mother and father, Hulk Hogan. The tapes included Hulk Hogan and Nick saying that crash victim John Graziano "received heavy **** from God" because of things that he was into, saying John was a "negative person."[28] Nick's mother said off-putting remarks about Graziano's mother, and questioned her character as "nasty and vindictive," claiming she's trying to get rehabilitative awards and did not "give a ****" about John.[29] The press was critical of the excerpts blaming the crash victim and said the phone calls could mark the end of Hulkamania.[30] John Graziano's father called the Hogans' comments wrong and offensive.[31] Nick later sued the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office for releasing the tapes of his phone conversations.[32]
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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 in a 70 mph zone.[9][10] In an August 2007 interview with Rides, Bollea said he was driving 123 mph in a 50 mph zone.[6] His mother said the interview was exaggerated.[7]
On February 8, 2007, he was ticketed in Miami-Dade County, Florida for driving 57 mph in a 30 mph zone, and on April 25, 2007, he was ticketed and received four points on his license for driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone in Osceola County.[9] On August 10, 2007, he was ticketed in Pinellas Park after his 1998 Toyota was recorded going 82 mph in a 45 mph construction zone.[9]
[edit] Supra crash
Bollea was involved in a serious accident in Clearwater, Florida, on the evening of August 26, 2007. Bollea and three members of the pit crew for his drifting team,[4] using two of his father's cars — a yellow Toyota Supra[11] and a silver Dodge Viper — were traveling to a steakhouse when the single-vehicle crash occurred at Court St. and Missouri Ave., 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.[11] The eye and brain injuries he sustained are expected to leave him in a nursing home for the rest of his life.[15]
[edit] Charges
Bollea was charged with several violations, including a felony, for the crash. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, November 7, 2007,[16] 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, Nick's blood alcohol content was 0.055.[17]
Police believed that Nick Bollea and Danny Jacobs were speeding "in excess of 60 mph in the posted 40 mph zone" on the wet road prior to the crash and both were charged with reckless driving.[12] Eyewitnesses claimed the cars were racing.[18][19][20] Frances Vitalis was in traffic with 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.[18][19] The official police report says that the two cars were racing, but that Jacobs' actions were not a direct cause of the accident.[21]
Prior to the trial, Bollea's lawyer said that the accident was not the result of speeding,[22] emphasizing that Bollea was wearing a seatbelt and Graziano was not.[23][17] Bollea's lawyer released a store's surveillance video from earlier in the day[24] which he claimed could disprove the police report that Nick was driving at least 50% faster than the posted speed limit. The Graziano family denied rumors of a civil suit,[25][26] but later the Graziano family lawyers suggested a civil suit against the Bolleas to pay for John's lifetime medical care.[15]
[edit] Incarceration
On May 9, 2008, Bollea entered a no contest plea and was sentenced to eight months in Pinellas County Jail. The sentence also calls for Bollea to serve five years of probation, 500 community service hours, and his driver's license was suspended for 3 years.[27]
TMZ.com released audio tapes of Nick's jail phone conversation from his overnight incarceration several months ago, and these include conversations with his mother and father, Hulk Hogan. The tapes included Hulk Hogan and Nick saying that crash victim John Graziano "received heavy **** from God" because of things that he was into, saying John was a "negative person."[28] Nick's mother said off-putting remarks about Graziano's mother, and questioned her character as "nasty and vindictive," claiming she's trying to get rehabilitative awards and did not "give a ****" about John.[29] The press was critical of the excerpts blaming the crash victim and said the phone calls could mark the end of Hulkamania.[30] John Graziano's father called the Hogans' comments wrong and offensive.[31] Nick later sued the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office for releasing the tapes of his phone conversations.[32]
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- the question is more like what has he not done
- he was a f*ckin knob and raced somone and crashed....i dont know how long he was in jail but hes out now.
- He was charged with several violations, including a felony, for the crash. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday, November 7, 2007,[16] and was released within hours on $10,000 bail. He 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, Nick's blood alcohol content was 0.055.
he sentence also calls for He to serve five years of probation, 500 community service hours, and his driver's license was suspended for 3 years.
On October 21, 2008, Nick , 18, was released from the Pinellas County Jail about 12:30 a.m. due to "good time" credit and was moved to his mom's Clearwater, Florida home. Graziano's family will file a civil lawsuit for damages against the family. Nothing more has been heard about the possible "New Nick Show". Inside reports are that if the show goes on it will be about Nick's jail experience and all the nice friends that he met while he was in there.Source(s):
Wiki - he had sex with his sister.
- he got into a car wreck with a passenger that was a member of the USMC. who ended up severely paralyzed.
- ugh...nick hogan is such an idiot!
check his wikipedia entry its pretty accurate and will tell you what happened. - He was driving drunk with his best friend in his expensive, fast car. He crashed the car and it looked like a total wreck, and his best friend was seriously injured and now suffers from brain damage. He is now out of jail, he was released recently.
The site listed below is perezhilton.com and he has an archive following the stories about nick hogan.Source(s):
http://perezhilton.com/category/nick-hog…
this link here is a picture of his car after the crash
http://www.horsepowerandheels.com/blog/u…
this is a video of his former best friend who is now a vegetable basically. His name was John Graziano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QFVWrPiE… - No one died. His borrowed his father's Supra and crashed it while racing. His friend who was in the passenger seat is now paralyzed for life.
- He was driving under the influence and he hit someone and hurt them. He is out of jail now though.
- hogan family are all retards.
- He was driving erratically and crashed his car almost killing his friend who survived the military and Iraq. He was very immature and stupid. His friend is now a vegetable, and after that his family said that maybe the friend "deserved it, he was not the nicest person." Which is disrespectful to the highest degree.
He was in for about 6 to 9 months or so. I am sure he is fine, at least he can walk and talk and enjoy his family. Unlike the life he almost took. - He was driving far too fast with his friend and they had a crash. Unfortunately the friend wasnt wearing a seat belt.The friend is now a vegetable in hospital but Nick was convicted of dangerous driving. He served his prison sentence and is out on parole.
- He's a tard, that didnt obey the rules and went street racing and crashed his car because he thought he was the coolest driver in the world. Real fact, he was actually training to become a race car driver.
He crashe his car and his friend is a vegetable.
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