#Gamergate

I think it's totally justified for a company like Gawker to get punitives of 130 million or more, but on the other hand... $115million for the victim is only possible in America. 99% of people would switch places with Hulk Hogan any time, but if you were a normal citizen would you realistically have any chance of getting that much money out of the legal system?

Note: I know barely anything about how these things work in the US.

I think he got so much money out of it -because- he is a high profile person, and damaging the character of someone of high profile means more than damaging the character of a nobody. That and how terribly the defense handled literally everything. It's not impossible for a normal person to get that much out of a case but not very probable unless it's something huge, much bigger than a sex tape.