Hulk Hogan’s daughter has sensationally shared wild conspiracy theories about his death, with a friend of the wrestling icon seemingly accusing both the authorities and his wife, Sky Daily, of foul play.
Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, died on July 24 from a cardiac arrest, according to a Florida medical examiner’s office.
The 71-year-old had previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the report from the District Six Medical Examiner also said.
But in response to an Instagram post publicizing an article by Hogan’s friend and social media personality Bubba the Love Sponge that reads ‘Quick cremation without autopsy raises questions about Hulk Hogan’s death’, Hogan’s daughter Brooke posted ‘exactly’.
Bubba’s shocking allegations include that Hogan has already been cremated and that somebody could have injected something into the wrestler while he slept to induce a heart attack. He also questions why an autopsy wasn’t carried out.
Bubba, a Tampa radio host whose real name is Todd Clem, also takes aim at Daily’s Scientology beliefs and pointed out that Hogan has an estate that he claims to be worth in the region of $40million to $50m.
Hulk Hogan’s daughter and friend have accused the authorities and his wife of foul play
Bubba the Love Sponge has questioned why an autopsy wasn’t carried out by the authorities
In response to an Instagram post about Bubba’s claims, Brooke Hogan posted ‘exactly’
Clem’s stunning claims stem from a report in the Tampa Bay Times from July 31 that says Hogan was ‘doing therapy’ when he collapsed at his home in Clearwater Beach on July 24.
The report says paramedics told staff at Morton Plant Hospital that Hogan had just returned home from surgery and was ‘currently waiting to start dialysis’. Clem claims nobody knew the wrestling icon was due to begin dialysis.
In a bid to revive him, the medics reportedly gave Hogan drugs that can treat excessive levels of potassium, a sign of kidney failure. These can lead to cardiac arrest.
Hogan was also given two milligrams of Narcan, the drug that can quickly reverse opioid overdoses. There is no indication that Hogan had overdosed, however.
However, The Tampa Bay Times also revealed that the Pinellas County Medical Examiner did not perform an autopsy on Hogan because the death was not deemed to be suspicious.
‘There were no signs of foul play or suspicious activity,’ Maj. Nate Burnside of the Clearwater Police Department also told reporters.
According to his death certificate, Hogan is going to be cremated at the Bay Area Crematory in Clearwater. A specific date for that has not yet been announced.
A spokesperson for the medical examiner’s office confirmed a request for cremation on July 31, telling Page Six: ‘I’m not aware of when Mr. Bollea will be cremated, only that we’ve received a request for cremation approval.’
Brooke and Hogan had been estranged for years, but she managed to get a hold of him
Bubba and Hogan had a complex relationship. The wrestler was the best man at Bubba and wife Heather’s wedding, but was then filmed having sex with her in 2012.
In 2016, a Florida jury awarded Hogan $115million in a lawsuit against Gawker Media and then added $25million in punitive damages after they obtained and posted video of him having sex with Heather. He said the post violated his privacy.
Hogan ended up settling the case for millions less after Gawker filed for bankruptcy.
‘I’m heartbroken to hear of Terry’s passing,’ Bubba told TMZ after Hogan’s death.
‘As everyone knows, we had our issues, and those issues were mostly my fault. I loved him as a friend while he was with us and will continue to love his memory as a friend going forward.’
Brooke, meanwhile, was estranged from both of her parents for years before he passed and she has taken herself out of her father’s will.
She phone into Bubba’s Twitch stream on Tuesday and when asked for her thoughts on some of his theories, she said: ‘I do think it’s weird that no autopsy was performed.
‘Because yes, you can have a heart attack but what was the reason for the heart attack? If he was up and doing breathing exercises then that means the surgery on his heart was a success and it was working.’
She also claimed she told her late father not to marry Sky because of his concerns about her links to Scientology.
In an emotional interview where Brooke fought tears at the beginning, she was asked about her relationship with Sky and Scientology.
‘That’s a loaded question,’ Brooke said. ‘He told me he’s never getting married again. She’s (Sky) nice, and she’s cool (at the beginning), and, you know, I don’t really want to go into too much detail about our conversations, but he was saying, you know, “She’s pushing the marriage thing real hard”.
‘And I said, “Well, Dad, you don’t have to do what you don’t have to do, you know.” Blame it on me.’
She claims that her father was fearful about ending things with Sky, allegeing that he said: ‘Well, if I broke up with her, it’d be really bad.’ And I said “What do you mean?” And he goes, “I don’t want to get into it”, you know, whatever.’ That was the first thing where I was like “what the hell? Why would he say that?”
It was then that Brooke learned about Sky’s links to Scientology. She continued: ‘Somebody brought it to our attention that she was a Scientologist. She said she was a Scientologist but she said she left. I started digging a little bit deeper. I don’t know much about Scientology at all so, I’m just telling you what my digging did. She’s still in good standings.’
More to follow.
