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Hulk Hogan Son Thrown Down For 8 Months

17-year-old pleads no contest to reckless driving charge

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted May 10, 2008 8:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Hulk Hogan's son has been sentenced to 8 months in a Florida jail for his part in an accident that left his best friend, a former Marine, critically injured and likely to spend the rest of his life in a nursing home. Nick Bollea pleaded no contest to charges of reckless driving.

Bollea apologized to his friend's family before being taken away to start his sentence, which also includes 5 years of boozeless probation and 500 hours of community service, People reports.

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Nick Bollea, right, listens as Debra Graziano speaks during his sentencing hearing Friday, May 9, 2008 in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo/Joseph Garnett, Jr., POOL)

In this photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Nick Bollea, 17, is shown in this police booking mug shot Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo)

In this 2006 file photo, Nick Bollea arrives at a nightclub in Los Angeles. A judge in Florida on Friday, May 9, 2008 said Bollea should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, FILE)

Wrestler Hulk Hogan, pictured here in a 2008 file photo, was in court with his estranged wife when his 17-year-son was sentenced to 8 months in county jail. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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Hulk Hogan Son Thrown Down For 8 Months