A jury has hit Gawker Media with $15 million in punitive damages and its owner with $10 million, adding to the $115 million it awarded last week for publishing a sex video of Hulk Hogan.
The jury returned its decision Monday.
From the size of the punitive award, it was clear that the jury wanted to punish Gawker even more. Â
During brief arguments Monday, Gawker's lawyer pleaded that the Friday verdict is already "debilitating" for the company. Â
Hogan's attorney said jurors were in a position to "send a message" and deter others.
Friday's $115 million award was for economic harm and emotional distress. Monday's award, in the words of Hogan attorney Kenneth Turkel, was to punish recklessness and to send a message to other media companies. Another of Hogan’s attorneys include David Houston, from Reno.  Â
Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with his then-best friend's wife. Hogan said he didn't know he was being taped.Â
Gawker has already said it would appeal.
Still, Hogan was happy. He wouldn't speak to reporters when he left court Friday, but he took to Twitter to express his feelings.
In one tweet, he told his 1.4 million followers, "Told ya I was gonna slam another giant."
(The Associated Press also contributed to this report.)
