TAMPA, Fla. - In a case involving the estate of the late professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and the radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, a federal judge Thursday issued a temporary restraining order to block the use of a sex tape in a documentary about Hogan.
What we know:
U.S. District Judge Tom Barber issued a seven-page ruling that said Clem has been involved in developing the documentary, which the estate contends would include personal information about Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, and excerpts of a sex tape.
The ruling said Clem, a former friend of Bollea, surreptitiously recorded the wrestler in 2007 in "consensual private conduct" and transferred the video to a DVD.
Gawker Media later posted an edited version of the sex tape online, and Bollea sued Gawker a