As you may be aware Linda Hogan, 52, has been dating a kid from her son’s peer group, who actually resembles her son and went to school with him. Linda and her boy toy, Charlie Hill, have been together for at least three and half years, and we heard last year that they were engaged. (This of course thrilled Linda’s ex, Hulk Hogan, as it meant that his alimony payments might eventually cease.) Linda and Charlie haven’t made it official yet, perhaps due to those sweet alimony payments, and are of course having relationship problems. Unlike similar January-December famewhores Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison, Linda and Charlie know their place and have accepted roles on a VH1 ensemble reality show. They’ve filmed a bunch of episodes for a show called “Couples Therapy,” (not with Dr. Drew) which will air in March. The best part of this story is the anecdote about how Linda’s boyfriend went out clubbing with her despicable 21 year-old son, Nick. Charlie ended up going home with another old broad and Nick ran home crying to his mommy about it.

Linda, 52 – the ex-wife of wrestler Hulk Hogan – and unlikely lover Charlie Hill, 23, will hash out their issues with psychotherapist Dr. Jenn Berman on the VH1 reality series “Couples Therapy,” which is scheduled to debut in mid-March.

“Linda and Charlie’s relationship is littered with dysfunction and they’ve split up and gotten back together numerous times,” a family friend told The Enquirer.

“Not long ago, Linda got so fed up with Charlie that she actually paid him to get out of her life. But she had a change of heart as soon as she learned Charlie hooked up with someone else.”

As the Enquirer reported in November, Linda grew weary of her freeloading young fiance and sent him packing from her hilltop house outside of Los Angeles.

But Charlie got cozy with another cougar at an L.A. club soon after getting the boot, and the Hogans’ 21-year-old son, Nick, who was also at the club that night, went back to Linda and “blabbed about everything,” said the friend.

“As soon as Linda heard that her shoes had been filled so quickly – and with another older woman – she went ballistic!”

But the anger quickly turned to jealousy and she pushed him to get back together.

When the VH1 producers of “Couples Therapy” got wind of Linda and Charlies ongoing relationship struggles, they convinced them to do the show.

“Linda and Charlie are more than halfway through taping the series,” the friend added. “While they appear to be working things out, it’s unclear whether their romance will last.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 2, 2012]

Trash to the E. So maybe Nick and Charlie weren’t partying together and Nick just happened to be at the same club. Either way, it’s gross. TMZ confirmed last week that Linda and Nick would be on this show, which they claim is titled “Relationship Rehab.” I might actually watch a couple episodes of this, if only to gawk at how absurd these people are. At least Charlie was technically legal when they first hooked up.

Look at how matchy matchy these two are. I guess when you buy all your boyfriend’s outfits it’s easy to make sure you coordinate. A lot of moms do that with their kids.

These photos are from 10/9/10 (black outfits) and 9/12/09 (short skirt) credit: Josephine Santos/Pacific Coast News. Matchy fur and fringe photos from 1/17/09. Credit: Fame

Hulk and his current wife, Jennifer McDaniel

I can’t properly explain how vile and annoying I find the Hogan family, but I think vile captures how I feel better than just annoying. If you’d like some background, this single interview with Hulk, in which he calls it “God’s will” that a victim of his son’s drag racing ended up in a vegetative state for life, pretty much sums it up. Hulk’s ex Linda Bollea isn’t immune from criticism either, and I generally find the whole family distasteful. So that’s why it’s mildly amusing to hear that Hulk is suing Linda for claiming in her memoir that Hulk cheated on her with one of his male wrestling buddies, and for writing that he regularly physically abused her. To make it clear: abuse is not funny. Hearing of this stupid family fighting in court is.

Relations between ex-spouses are often strained, but in the case of Hulk Hogan — aka Terrance Gene “Terry” Bollea — and Linda Bollea, things are getting downright ugly.

As the Telegraph is reporting, Bollea recently claimed that Hogan is gay and had an affair with wrestler Brutus Beefcake. She also accused the wrestler of being prone to violent, threatening outbursts during their marriage.

US Weekly notes that in her memoir, “Wrestling The Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes,” Bollea writes, Hogan “…tore my clothes, threw lamps, and held me down on the bed with his hands around my throat during arguments… I was always afraid he would kill me in one of his rages.”

The revelation of Hogan’s supposed affair with Beefcake occurred while she was promoting the book.

Thursday Hogan fired back by filing an 18-page civil suit against Bollea claiming he was defamed reports the St. Petersburg Times.

Hogan’s attorney, Wil Florin, told to the paper, “He’s being accused of all sorts of vile conduct that he did not commit,” adding, “Miss Bollea’s made enough of these outrageous allegations that it’s time they stop. The only realistic way of making them stop is through the court system.”

Hogan himself said:
“If any of that was true, I would admit it, and (if) I was a homosexual I would embrace it. It’s just so crazy to hear, so I have a real problem with it… If you’re going to say I’m something that I’m not to try to ruin my career and my livelihood… I have to answer her back. It’s so ridiculous. I don’t mean to laugh about it, because it’s not funny. But it’s insane. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”

[From Huffington Post]

Also, check out this video of Hulk denying he’s gay and then using the “my best friends are gay” line. He denies abusing Linda by claiming that if he did there would be evidence of it and she would have called 911. He doesn’t say “I didn’t hurt her.” He says “If I would have done anything physical,” then there would have been more evidence. I think he did abuse her. It’s also so nasty how he brags about his current wife, the one who looks just like his daughter, at the end. Linda also has a much younger partner, a 22 year-old kid who went to high school with her son. I hope that both Linda and Hulk incur huge legal fees from this fight. I really don’t care who wins though.

Photos of Hulk are from 12/10/11 and 8/11/11. Photos of Linda and Brooke are from 12/4/11. Credit: Fame and WENN

Last week we heard from the National Enquirer that Hulk Hogan’s ex wife, Linda Hogan, 50, was engaged to be married to her much younger boyfriend, a 21 year-old who happened to be a schoolmate of her daughter. While Hulk’s initial response to his wife’s January-December romance was a rage so great that he claimed to “totally understand OJ” and the fact that he “allegedly” committed double murder, his reaction to an engagement is much more positive. Linda’s lookalike lover is looking less like competition and more like a legal way to avoid hefty alimony payments. Linda and her fiance plan to marry on her ironically-named boat named “Alimoney.” Are they going to change to the name of the boat once the checks stop coming in? Will the young buck continue to appreciate his bride’s rough beauty as her wealth dwindles down post-marriage? The mind boggles:

Hulk Hogan and ex-wife Linda Hogan seem to have buried the hatchet. The wrestler added his well wishes regarding Linda’s recent engagement to 21-year old Charlie Hill.

“I’m ecstatic for her, I’m very happy for them. I think they’re perfect for each other. I wish them the best,” he said in an exclusive statement to RadarOnline.com.

Hill is one year younger than Linda and Hulk’s daughter Brooke and was friends with their son Nick. He started dating Linda when he was 19.

Hulk’s attorney David Houston echoed Hogan’s sentiment, touching on the couple’s contentious split and how they’ve seemed to move on from that dark period: “Obviously, when you go through a divorce, there is a great deal of emotion and you go through your ups and downs. He was married to her for 23 years so there is a certain degree of affection and he does wish her the best.”

Linda and Charlie’s wedding reportedly is slated for next summer aboard her yacht named ‘Alimoney’ [sic].

[From Radar Online]

How much do you want to bet that these two are shopping a reality show? They’re not getting married to cement their love, they’re marrying to cement and cash in on their D-list status. It’s not a bad idea actually. I don’t know much about Charlie but I doubt he has many career prospects beyond sleeping with his friend’s trans-looking mom. It’s not like he’s been going to college on the side during the over two years they’ve been together. If it wasn’t for a reality show, a drunken disabling car crash and inappropriate relationships we’d barely hear about this trashy family.

Header photo from 1/17/09, credit: Fame Pictures. First image below from 5/31/08, credit: WENN.com

Back when Linda and Hulk Hogan split in 2007, both of them moved on with creepily inappropriate relationships with much-younger friends of their children. In Hulk’s case he may have helped hasten the end of their relationship by cheating with his daughter’s best friend, an 33 year-old woman named Christiane Plante who at least was old enough to be well on the other side of jailbait. He then dated and is now engaged to a 36 year-old woman named Jennifer McDaniel, who is a dead ringer for his daughter, Brooke. (photos below)

Linda, now 50, didn’t bother to make her new lover age-appropriate, and started sleeping with a then 19 year-old friend of her morally bankrupt son, Nick. Over two years later and Linda and her equally bleached blonde boy toy are still together. This month they’ve been photographed kissing, protesting (below), and out on her boat, appropriately named “Alimoney.” According to The National Enquirer, these two are so devoted to each other that they’re going to tie the knot! Good luck with that.

Linda Hogan, 50, is getting hitched to her 21-year-old toyboy lover Charlie Hill, friends of the couple told The Enquirer exclusively.

The couple recently became engaged and are planning to wed next summer aboard her new 50-foot yacht, which she named “Alimoney.”

The Hulkster has long been upset over his wife’s May-December relationship, but pals say Linda is happier than ever since splitting with her cheating husband.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, August 2, 2010]

It’s pretty clear from the tone of the article that the source is Linda’s camp, since it paints Hulk as a jealous depressed creep while she’s the picture of happiness and contentment. Hulk did make some really terrible threatening comments in the wake of his divorce, as the Enquirer points out, and said “You… see a 19-year-old boy driving your Escalade, and you know that a 19-year-old boy is sleeping in your bed, with your wife . . . I totally understand OJ. I get it.” Maybe now that Hulk has a replacement he’s not as hung up on murder scenarios involving his drag-queen looking dried-up ex wife. I don’t at all get how she was able to keep an attractive young guy on the hook for so long, but there must be some mommy issues there. That’s not a Demi/Ashton age difference, that’s a Madonna/Jesus age difference and it seems all shades of wrong, no matter how tall and built the guy is.

Linda Hogan and boyfriend Charlie Hill are shown on 7/14/10 at a PETA protest. WENN.com Jennifer McDaniel, Hulk Hogan and Brooke Hogan are shown on 5/5/09. Chris Connor/WENN.com

Brooke Hogan and her mom Linda may have finally reconciled. They were spotted out together having dinner in Los Angeles this weekend. Does this mean Linda’s broken up with the young-enough-to-be-her-son boyfriend Charley Hill? Hardly. Though in the past Brooke has said Linda would have to change a lot of things about herself (including Charley) if she wanted a relationship with Brooke, apparently Charley was negotiable. Not only are he and Linda still together, but Charley came along to dinner too!

BROOKE HOGAN and mum LINDA appear to have put their bitter dispute behind them. The pair enjoyed dinner out in Beverly Hills on Saturday night and were even joined by Linda’s toyboy lover CHARLEY HILL.

Reality TV star Brooke was snapped in buoyant mood while leaving Madeo Restaurant, indicating a reconciliation.

Brooke cut ties with Linda, following her mum’s bitter split with ex-hubby HULK – taking her dad’s side in the divorce battle. Linda angered her daughter further by dating Charley – a former schoolmate of Brooke’s.

The singer previously said her mum needed to change her ways in order to repair their relationship. Brooke said: “I hope we do but she’ll have to go through a lot of changes – spiritually, mentally and physically… She’s going to really need to find a good spot to be in.

“I’ve tried to help but it’s too awkward and weird. We are two different people now.”

[From the Sun]

I find it hard to wish anything good for the Hogans, given how they handled Nick’s car crash and nearly killing his best friend. And there was so much public mud slinging between Hulk and Linda that whatever little bit of dignity they still had was unceremoniously tossed out as soon as they separated. But once in a while when Brooke talks about her mom I can’t help but feel some empathy for her. Not that I find Brooke particularly likable, but growing up to realize you don’t like or respect a parent is really hard. And it seemed like most of Brooke’s issues with Linda were well founded. Dating your daughter’s former classmate? That’s obviously not done to make her feel good. It seems like Brooke is much more mature than Linda, whatever that says. Considering Charley’s still in the picture, I’m guessing Brooke’s being the bigger person here.

Here’s Brooke with Linda and Charley at Madeo on Saturday night. Images thanks to WENN.com .

As is the custom when one gets divorced, Linda Hogan sat down with a reporter for ABC and talked all about her marriage to Hulk, what ended it, and all the love she feels for her 20-year-old baby faced boyfriend Charlie Hill. She also was forced to defend herself against internet allegations that she’s a gold digger and low class. While she did her best to rebut the gold digger claims, she actually started rambling a bit and talked herself INTO admitting she’s low class. Which was priceless. Here’s more about Linda’s tacky style and cougar love.

On allegations that she’s low class:
Hogan: “Low class? Maybe the way I dress, but that’s all. No, I’ve got blonde hair, I’ve got the long acrylic nails, but I wouldn’t say low class, maybe just a product of the eighties.”

On her deep love for 20-year-old boyfriend Charlie Hill:
Interviewer: “Do you feel that it’s an unusual relationship”
Hogan: “Totally. It’s definitely weird.”
Interviewer: “Do you love him?”
Hogan: “[Softly] Yeah, I do. And he’s young – you know, I know he’s young. And I’m old.”
Interviewer: “Does it bother you at all, when it’s written in the tabloids ‘Cougar Queen’?”
Hogan: “No. It’s kind of a fad now. Like, cool, I’m finally in style.”
Interviewer: “Does having a younger man make you feel sexy?”
Hogan: “I have to say it does.”

On Brooke publicly accusing her of abusing drugs:
Hogan:“Brooke was so far out of touch with what was real. I’ve told her many times, [unintelligible] ‘Brooke, just come back, I wanna be your mom, I wanna be there for you, I wanna be a part of your life. I mean I love you, I raised you.’

[Transcribed from ABC Video]

For me the strangest part of the whole interview came when the interviewer asked Linda if she loved Charlie, and her voice got all soft and mushy – without being cheesy at all – and she said “Yeah, I do.” Because if it were anyone else saying that in that tone, I’d say they sounded truly genuine. But I mean it’s Linda Hogan… I don’t want to get conned here. But it was so strange to witness what seemed like this genuine moment of vulnerability from her. She sounded like anyone else in love. And I hate to give her too much leeway here, but I think she actually might be. She’s been with Charlie for over a year. She’s had enormous consequences because of it – like the loss of her relationship with Brooke. He doesn’t have any money or fame or power. Really the only thing she could be using him for is sex, and it seems like it would have run its course by now if that’s all there was to it. Now he might very well be using her. But I think she has actual love for him.

Now I feel sick to my stomach. Love. Yuck.

You can watch ABC’s interview here.

Here’s Linda and Charley at the Palms Place Hotel and Spa Grand Opening in Vegas on May 31st. Images thanks to WENN.

Hulk and Linda Hogan are finally divorced after what seems like forever. They both have put on a big show of moving on – he with a hybrid Linda/Brooke girlfriend and she was a creepy-as-hell 20-year-old friend of her son Nick. Linda got a huge settlement, though the amount hasn’t been released. But according to Pop Tarts, they former couple was worth somewhere between $26 million and $32 million, and she walked away with the bulk of it.

Why? Well Pop Tarts says Hulk still loves Linda, though we think his earlier “pulling an OJ” threats against her might have played into it as well.

After a long, very public proceeding, Hulk Hogan and former wife Linda Bollea finalized their divorce and reached an undisclosed settlement on Monday evening. While the terms were not made public, the couple’s net worth in 2008 was believed to be between $26 million and $32 million (as filed in court) and it sounds as though Mrs. Bollea walked away with quite the bulk of funds.

“Linda received an outstanding settlement result and I think both parties had compromised but Linda is extremely happy with the settlement,” her attorney Ray Rafool told Tarts. “It was bittersweet and it was also a relief and as Linda said, in every grey cloud there is a silver lining so I think for both of them, they were very relieved to be on the same page and they were very relieved that they would have this chapter of their life behind them.”

And it turns out that Hulk was the one who reached out to his wife of 25 years to make peace.

“Hulk is the one that originally came to Linda and said lets try to put this whole case aside and lets resolve this, essentially Hulk was the one that came to us with this peace offering which we gladly accepted,” Rafool added. “He said he still loves Linda and he’s happy that they’re forever getting this resolved. These people are business partners now and will be business partners in the future.”

While the divorced duo will still have a professional relationship, the semi-retired celebrity wrestler still wants some sort of personal relationship too.

“Hulk is looking forward to moving on with his life and is very hopeful that he and Linda can maintain a friendship and work together as parents to their two children,” a rep for Hogan told Tarts.

[From Pop Tarts]

I find it confusing for a man who claims to still love his ex-wife to also say he sympathizes with OJ Simpson. That comment really got Hulk in a ton of trouble, and it’s hard not to wonder if perhaps that played into his supposed generosity. Maybe due to guilt and remorse, or maybe Linda used it as leverage against him. I mean how many people agree to giving their ex-spouse the “bulk” of their estate randomly? Even if it’s to make peace… it’s still hard to buy.

Considering Hulk’s girlfriend looks like a combo of Linda and his daughter Brooke (creepy as hell, but whatever), it’s certainly possible he still carries a torch for her. Or maybe he just wants to look good in the public eye again and thinks this is all it takes. It’s obviously not going to get him what he wants, and I think it’s safe to say Hulk’s going to regret it in a month or two when that becomes clear.

Hulk Hogan and Linda are shown in the header in 2006. He is shown below with his daughter, Brooke, and lookalike girlfriend Jennifer McDaniel on 5/5/09. Credit: PRPhotos

Just in case you thought the Hogan family had put their issues with each other aside, I’m here to tell you… not so much. They’re also still really big on lying and fabricating the truth, considering they’re giving very different versions of a story, only one of which can be true. Brooke Hogan turned 21 last week in an appropriately tacky party at Pure nightclub in Vegas. According to Brooke, she invited her mom Linda – with whom she’s been estranged – to her birthday part, but Linda didn’t bother to show. According to Linda’s people, she was never invited.

Brooke Hogan was all smiles as she celebrated her coming-of-age last week at Sin City’s Spago Restaurant alongside her boyfriend Stack$, father Hulk, brother Nick and a few close friends — but notably absent for the intimate affair was her mom, Linda Bollea.

Brooke reached out to her mother numerous times and let her know that she was more than welcome at any of her birthday celebrations and that she would love her to be there, but Linda chose not to attend, said a source.

“Linda was really, really hurt,” another source told Tarts. “But Brooke has sided with her father in all of this, she was adamant about not celebrating with her mom or extending an invitation.”

Following dinner, Brooke partied with (and couldn’t keep her hands off) her beau inside PURE nightclub while typically protective Hulk looked on disapprovingly.

[From Fox News’ Pop Tarts]

It’s hard to side with anyone in Hulk and Linda’s divorce, considering how reprehensible their behavior has been. It’s not surprising that Brooke would be creeped out by her mom’s relationship with a 19-year-old former friend of her younger brother Nick. But her dad also said he understood why OJ Simpson killed Nicole Brown, so you’d think she’d want to stay far away from both of her parents.
In related Hogan news, near-killer Nick has wanted his own reality show for a long time. Because he’s such a wonderful, special person and not one of the world’s greater assholes. Unfortunately for dear Nick, no one’s willing to touch his show – or much of anything having to do with him.

“I want to do where I’ll make the most money,” Nick said [to Hulk in audio tapes of Nick's jail phone conversation with his dad during his incarceration] , his father adding that he’ll produce the show and make his son the owner.

But so far Nick hasn’t [had] any luck with that controversial show of his, with an insider telling Tarts that the production companies and [sic] hesitant to even touch it. A rep for VH1 (the network behind “Hogan Knows Best” and the spin-off “Brooke Knows Best”) confirmed to Tarts that there was nothing in the works regarding Nick.

Although the now 18-year-old has made the move to the outskirts of Tinseltown and still has high hopes of making it on the big-screen.

“He wants to start his own charity,” a source close to mama Linda said. “He wants to make a name for himself.”

[From Fox News’ Pop Tarts]

Um, a charity for what? If I were to be forced to list 10,000 adjectives that describe Nick Hogan, never ever would I say anything along the lines of “cares about others.” Obviously he wants to start his own charity to try to look like a better guy than he is. Though to be fair the guy who robbed my neighbor’s apartment is better than Nick Hogan is, so it wouldn’t take much. Surely he doesn’t need to start a charity to improve his image. When you’re considered nothing but scum, anything is a step up. Hell, he could just slow down at a yellow light once in a while and people will think he’s a little bit less of a douche bag than he is.

Here are the Hogans at Brooke’s birthday party on May 5th in Vegas. Images thanks to WENN.com .

I was just thinking to myself the other day, “It’s been a really long time since the Hogans did anything terrible for me to yell at them about.” Normally they only go a week or two, max. But aside from Nick being allowed to drive again (I hope you’re all wearing helmets, Floridians), the bleach-loving family has been pretty quiet lately.

Well, except for Hulk and Linda’s incredibly acrimonious divorce. Just in case you thought these two had toned it down a bit – or you bought into the idea that Linda’s the bigger douche – Hulk says that this whole legal process has made him empathize with O.J. Simpson. And he could have gone the same route.

HULK Hogan is sounding homicidal over the way his wife Linda dumped him, forced him out of his $18 million mansion, allegedly started spending his money at the rate of $40,000 a month and dating “some shaggy-haired pool boy 30 years her junior,” Rolling Stone reports. “I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting everybody’s throat,” he told the magazine.

“You live half a mile from the 20,000-square-foot home you can’t go to anymore, you’re driving through downtown Clearwater and see a 19-year-old boy driving your Escalade, and you know that a 19-year-old boy is sleeping in your bed, with your wife . . . I totally understand OJ. I get it.”

He and Linda are battling it out in a Florida divorce court, where Linda’s attorney claims she’s entitled to use the car and that Hogan’s claims against her are merely an attempt to control her love life.

[From Page Six]

Hulk has gotten slightly better press than Linda, mostly because she’s dating aforementioned 19-year-old, who’s a friend of Nick’s. Obviously neither of her children are fans of the match either. And as creepy as she is, Linda doesn’t talk to the press as much as Hulk does, so we’ve heard more of his side.

Now it’s clear his side is absolutely insane. I’m sure Linda will be getting a nice little order of protection now. What a dangerous, stupid thing for Hulk to say. We’ve all known anger and rage, but to say you “could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting everybody’s throat,” is just beyond the pale. I doubt he had any public sympathy before, but Hulk just screwed himself out of whatever good will there was. He’s a big guy, too, and obviously strong. Acknowledging that he poses a massive threat to his soon-to-be ex-wife was incredibly foolish – and scary. Never do I want to hope for the best for the Hogans, but I hope Linda gets some security. And makes Hulk pay for it.

Header photo of Hulk and Linda at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards. Images thanks to Pacific Coast News.

John Graziano was left in a permanent vegetative state with literally part of his skull missing (warning on that link) after Hulk and Linda Hogan’s son, Nick, got in a car accident in August, 2007 when drunk and drag racing on a public street. Instead of expressing their remorse that their son so carelessly endangered his passenger’s life and left him irreparably damaged, Nick and Linda issued a statement that John wasn’t wearing his seatbelt. The Hogan family continued to talk smack about the victim afterwards, calling him a negative person and making obnoxious statements that the accident was God’s will.

Nick spent 166 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving, but many thought it was not enough. He’s out now and the first thing he did was head to Vegas to celebrate.

Victim John Graziano’s father is now under police custody after cops caught him in a sting trying to hire someone to kill his wife, John’s mom. This made me inappropriately crack up because the idiot paid an undercover cop $2,100 plus a $13 pizza gift card to kill his wife in a car accident. I know it’s wrong to laugh at that, particularly considering his poor son’s state, but why did he throw in the pizza gift card?

Today I received an e-mail from Linda Hogan’s PR person informing me about this, with a completely unnecessary statement from Linda. She also used it as an opportunity to slam the family. According to a local newspaper, Linda is also claiming that she was threatened by this guy, which police of course can’t confirm:

Linda’s statement, e-mailed to me:

“Any threat from Ed Graziano would and is being taken very seriously. We all prey [sic] for John’s recovery. This kind of behavior is why John turned to us as a loving family and we made him one of our own. God Bless John.” Linda Bollea

News report, in which Linda claims she’s being threatened too:

Clearwater, Florida — Ed Graziano is behind bars accused of trying to hire someone to kill his wife. But Linda Bollea apparently believes Graziano wanted to hurt her too.

Bollea’s publicist tells 10 Connects “people around the case” have told Hulk Hogan’s estranged wife Graziano also made threats aimed at Bollea. After hearing about the possible threats Bollea’s publicist described her as “scared to death.”

Bollea issued a statement Thursday night saying “Any threat from Ed Graziano would and is being taken very seriously.”

A spokesperson for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office could not confirm the alleged threats aimed at Bollea, but they did detail Graziano’s apparent attempt to kill his wife.

Authorities say Graziano paid $1,100 in cash, a $1,000 personal check and a $13.06 Westshore Pizza gift card to have his wife murdered. According to detectives, Graziano wanted his wife killed in a car accident.

A tipster told officials about Ed Graziano’s plan and an under-cover detective posed as a “go-between” to a “hit-man” as they investigated the case. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office learned about the plot in December and also notified Debra Graziano as a precaution.

Thursday, Ed Graziano was arrested at his home in Palm Harbor and later booked into the Pinellas County jail. He’s expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.

On August 26th, 2007 Ed and Debra Graziano’s son John was seriously injured in a car crash with Hogan’s son Nick Bollea.

[Tampabays10.com]

STFU Linda Hogan! Your son and your family caused this family enough pain and suffering with your careless actions and words. Now that they’re going through more problems, you want to rub it in!

Linda never should have issued a statement about something that didn’t concern her. Now she’s only made this story get national attention and brought more shame on that family. What a nasty piece of work that woman is.

Linda Hogan and her barely legal boy toy are shown at Sundance on 1/17/09. Credit: Fame