A US jury ordered the news and entertainment website Gawker to pay wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan $115 million for posting online a secretly recorded video of him having sex.
The six-member jury reached the decision in favor of Hogan after deliberating for six hours following a two-week civil trial in Florida.
Hogan burst into tears when the verdict was announced.
The 62-year-old, whose real name is Terry Bollea, has argued that the video — which shows him having sex with the wife of a friend and which lasts one minute and 41 seconds — invaded his privacy and humiliated him.
Hogan’s lawyer has said the video was viewed around seven million times.
One of America’s most famous entertainment wrestlers, now retired Hogan was known for wearing a bandana and a handlebar moustache.
During the trial, Hogan — dressed in a dark suit and black bandana — testified that a friend of his, radio personality Bubba “the Love Sponge” Clem, had an “open marriage” and wanted his wife to have sex with Hogan.