The Bollea family is in shambles.  You might know them better as the Hogans from Hogan Knows Best, but for now, with all their legal troubles, it seems like their real name (Bollea) is being used more often than that iconic stage name.  Hulk and Linda recently divorced after twenty-three years of marriage, and son Nick is currently serving eight months in prison for vehicular assault.  Last August, Nick was street racing with friend and former U.S. Marine John Graziano in his car when he crashed into a tree, leaving Graziano brain-dead and in a coma.  Graziano will need assisted living for the rest of his life.  Nick Hogan plead guilty, and will serve the eight months, plus five years of probation.  As one would suspect, the Graziano family is still more than a little upset.

Police in Florida, according to The St. Petersburg Times, are investigating some voice mails left by the Graziano family to the Bollea family.  The voice-mails are threatening in nature.  The messages were released to the public first by radio host and apparent Bollea family friend “Bubba the Love Sponge.”  The voice-mails are supposedly from Frank Graziano, the brother of the injured John.  The tapes have subsequently been played on cable news shows and the like.  Frank says that "every Marine, every gangster, every lowlife, every crackhead and every scum-bag is going to be looking" for Nick Hogan, upon his release.  He also calls Linda and daughter Brooke Hogan “whores.” 

This is certainly not the most tactful way for a family member to vent their anger.  In fact, it's wildly inappropriate.  However, it's impossible not to sympathize with Frank Graziano.  His brother, a two-tour Iraq war veteran, is now basically a vegetable.  That kind of sadness and anger, I imagine, isn't the type of thing anyone could deal with reasonably.  Nonetheless, police are investigating the threatening messages, though one doubts much will come of it. 


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
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