Nick Hogan 8 Months In Jail! and..

Damn, he fucked up.

wonder how many days he will serve?

You know somebody will take his ass just to say they fucked the Hulksters son.....in tru Hulkamaniac style........what ya gonna do when big bubba runs wild on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow man, just saw him at the casino he looked bummed

I was just watching on the news, his family is on the same page as the judge so probably the whole time.

He should have gotten more. You drink, the race down the street because you think you are a Nascar driver, wreck and cause your friend to be disabled for life you should get more than 8 months. Just my opinion.

Wow... that's crazy, I didn't expect him to get that much.

Not like his family is not rich enough to hire a driver. I'm not sure why more rich people don't. 8 months that's county lock up not prison.

this was waiting to happen. in their show you can see hulk always was easy on him, and didnt think he treated his son the same was as he did with his daughter.

you dont buy your teenager a sports car. you let the bugger get more experience bhind the wheel first

With you on that one. A LOT MORE...

What did he do? I don't really pay attention to stuff like that...

He was racing another car he crash and hurt his passenger. A passenger which I'm sure was 100% aware of Hogan's son's propensity to drag race but got into the car anyways.

His friend, A US Marine, is now in a permanent "vegetative state".

Nick deserved much more than 8 months in jail, probation and not being able to drive.

How does his sentence compare to that of an everyday person?

I personally think its too lenient anyway, but have no idea what the sentence would be to a 'non celeb' if you get my meaning?

He should have gotten more

Really sucks to be his friend

Basically he and a friend were drinking (they are way underage) then Nick decided to grab one of the family sports cars and drive. Nick wants to be a race car driver so the thinks he is Dale Earnhardt Jr., but of course he isn't so while speeding and being an asshole who is under the influence he ends up wrecking the car. His friend, the passenger lived, but has permanent brain damage and will need full time nursing care for the rest of his life.

I didn't say he deserved less, i was commenting on the fact that I didn't expect him to get that much due to his "celebrity" status.

So did he kidnap this friend?

shit hulk bought the alcohol he should get more time than his kid

I agree.

Also, being on probation is NO joke. Sometimes trouble just finds you.
It's going to be tough for him not to do something to land in jail again, his probation will probably be 10 years.

Welll his frned was dumb enough to get in the car.. I don't agree with the "he shoud have gotten more" people.

what is county lockup? like what paris hilton did?

Let me aks you. Would YOU get into a car of a friend you KNOW is drunk and also has a propensity for speeding? If you did and you got hurt are you totally blameles for your situation ? Are you 100% victim? I think not. What if his buddy didn't get hurt and instead a pedestain got killed? What would your opinion of this friend be knowing that he KNEW Hogans kid was drunk and let him drive anyways?

means he serves his time in the county jail not state prison. Which I'm sure is unpleasent but MUCH better than prison. No one goes to prison if they have to serve under a year.

kind of...but remember this county does not breakdown into groups depending on crime and prisoner status everyone is mixed together so depending on county he is in could be pretty rough.....like LA county or Reitgers Island New York....etc.
he will get fucked with

He has to serve all 8 months and has credit for 1 day served. 5 years probation, 500 hours community service - the judge said he wouldn't be allowed to do any speaking engagements as a part of his service. 3 years suspended license and he's not allowed to touch alcohol for 5 years, even after he turns 21. If I understood correctly the felony was dropped. Now the civil case will begin and the hogans will be taken to the cleaners.

I disagree, county can be worse than prison in some cases. County is nothing more than a holding tank for people awaiting trial and waiting to go to prison. It's very plausible to be there with people looking to make a name for themselves and gain some respect awaiting transfer to federal prison. If anything there is probably more respect and code in prison than county jail. Kind of like wannabes versus the real thing.

thats why the Hulk is working again... American Gladiators... needs that paycheck

True, he will most likely serve his 8 months in Pinellas County Jail and he will meet real killers in route to prison. Not as easy as some people think. Maybe he can become a cook.

The friend that got hurt is not without blame. He chose to get in the car knowing that Nick was drunk and liked to race. He is a victim, but a victim - in a way - by choice because he put himself in that situation. Still when you get behind the wheel you are responsible for the people in the car. We don't know all the facts that led to them getting in the car ( or at least I don't) so we can't full assess blame on any one person. But in the end Nick was driving, he has to take responsibility. The kid made a mistake for letting Nick drive. Nick made a bigger mistake for choosing to drive.

If he had hit a pedestrian and the pedestrian was killed he should have gotten a hell of a lot more than 8 months. I mean years, maybe decades. Drunk driving is 100% avoidable. If you choose to drink and drive and something goes wrong you should be punished harshly for it.

Does anyone know for sure if he was wearing a seat belt or not? There is pretty much no damage to the passanger side.

No he was not.

Wake up call for a spoiled shit.

Humm... No seatbelt?

Welp, no reason for the guy to be in jail if the friend was to stupid to put a seatbelt on or say stop and let me out.

Hope he doesn't drop the soap, bubba's gonna get'em .

Kid should not have had that car in the first place. Driving those types of cars is a privelage that needs to be earned through lots of hard work. He's too young to know what real hard work is. This is what happens when those type of cars fall into the wrong hands.

So driving recklessly while drunk should be forgotten as long as anyone in the car with you wasn't wearing a seatbelt?

I think if a person gets a DUI they should go to jail. Maybe they shouldn't have their lives ruined because we all make mistakes, but there should be very harsh and severe punishments for anyone that drives drunk.

story is up

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may...ws-metro&imw=Y

I think he's saying that Nick should not be solely responsible for what happened to his friend. Nobody forced the friend to get in the car and not wear a seatbelt. Both very stupid...

Guys back up, some of you are confused on the facts.

Nick Hogan was not above the legal limit, what you'd consider drunk. He had a tiny bit of booze in his system. Because of his age, the law is 0 tolerance. If he was of age, there would be no alcohol charge involved at all. To say that he was "Drunk" is very much a stretch.

As for a want to be race car driver, he is infact a licensed race car driver, some sort of drift something a rather. I'm not saying he's good or not but he is a licensed race driver under some sanctioning body.

Anyway, still sucks for the kid that got the worst of it.

He had a .02 Blood Alcohol Level.

That's like having a glass of wine with dinner and driving an hour later. Hardly "drunk".

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21677217/

Of course not, but that still doesn't change the fact that he didn't have one on. And if the driver was drunk, even more reason for the passenger to get the fuck out of the car.

You can't win an argument with me on DUI.. I was an MP - and I only ever ONCE busted a guy for DUI, but the assault charges were much worse, which is why he got busted for DUI. I took people home, and for damn good reason.

Why ruin a life of a young person, or any person? When the system is designed to FUCK you over, just in design.

Think about it.. Bars, clubs, hotels, restaurants, gas stations, food stores, even the Police ball, fireman fund raises, the military and veteran organizations, and the list goes on and on.. all have promos or parties, selling/serving beer and drinks - and yet.... they have no responsibility to get you home safe.. They know you are blasted - they look the other way as you walk out the door with keys in hand.

These companies and the city should all be forced to pay a tax, that will cover free public transportation for people who want to drink. Even the smallest, home bar, should be forced to do this.. For me to take a cab home it's $60 - doing so I bet would turn up a lot more cities turning dry.

Now, if you had something like this, and then you were DUI, well.. max to the limits then.

Having read more about the Hogan situation is turns out he was not above what would be the normal legal limit. His friend should have to shoulder some of the blame for his situation because he chose to get into the car. If he knew Nick had been drinking (drunk or not) that was a stupid situation. Letting him drive like an idiot and not telling him to stop and let him out is mistake number 2. Still, when you are behind the wheel you are responsible for the people in your car so he should have to shoulder the majority of the punishment/blame.

As for driving drunk. I'm sorry, but you can't blame the system or use the system as a reason/excuse for people driving drunk. I understand that people go to bars and clubs and drink and the owers/bartenders turn their back and know that these people are driving drunk. But what ever happened to personal responisiblity? If you are going to go out and drink and you know you will be drunk, why not save enough to get a cab home or arrange for a ride/driver? The reality is you don't have to drink. You don't have to get drunk. Nobody is forced to do any of this stuff. What if you went out and drank and got drunk and drove home and hit a car that had some woman and her kid in it and you killed or crippled her child? Do you just say, "hey, I was out drinking. they knew I was going to drinking and they didn't provide me a way home. So sorry." Her only sin was to be on the road with someone that chose to drink and didn't do it in a responsible way.

If it were up to me here is my punishement schedule. I'm not for ruining somones life because they made a mistake, but when your mistake puts others in danger you need to be taught a lesson.

1st offense. License suspended for 1 year. You can apply for a hardship license so you can get to and from work and to the store to get food. You get a $3,000 fine which you can pay off either in monthly payments or by working in some kind of public service. You get 1 year of probation during which you have to take the alcohol diversion class and you have to submit to random testings because you don't get to drink during that year. If you prove you can't drink responsibly you lose that right for a while.

2nd offense. License suspended for 3 years. You can get the hardship license but the only car you can drive is one of those where they have the breathalyser attached to it. You get 2 years probation and $10,000 in fines. You also get 30 days in jail. You can serve it on weekends if you wan so you can keep your job. You also have the tests and can't drink for the 3 years you are suspended.

3rd offense. License revoked for 10 years. You can't have a hardship license. You get 3 years in jail $50K in fines and 5 years probation.

This might seem harsh, but as I said, drunk driving is 100% avoidable. People act like they have no other choice. They do. Every year there are around 16,000 deaths due to drunk driving. Around 40% of all driving related deaths are from booze. People who choose to drink and drive should be treated very roughly because they are taking a lot of innocent people's lives into their hands.

omg

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew that supra would get him in trouble sooner or later.

In Arizona you get a one year mandatory inner lock on your car, lots of fines, and 10 days in jail.. first time.

Poeple make mistakes, every day, in every way.. Why is this different? Because it's a choice? Well, most mistakes are.

The reality is, people ARE forcing people to do this - without every knowing it. That is "exactly" how advertising works. If they want to make it really fair, then ZERO advertising for alcohol on tv, radio, billboards, anything.. It has been proven that advertisements influence us in unknown - upper level - psychological reason.

It's also been proven the more you push people, and say no this is bad, the more they will do it. It's far better to create a system that works with the people than against them.

Stupid kids have to learn the hard way..what a shame for his buddy though