Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

And when he did move on, he would do so in ignorance for nearly five full years of that one critical, life-changing detail, living his life without any idea that footage of multiple encounters of him having sex with his best friend’s wife existed. For Gawker it was no secret pleasure but a conspicuous one and to it they added the power of blogging. Two of the three experts would come down against Gawker and for Hulk Hogan, underscoring Thiel’s early goal to predicate the dispute on privacy, not press freedom. Or will it have finally met an opponent it can’t demoralize?