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Hogans Told To Stay the H*** Away

Posted Mar 14th 2008 11:17AM by TMZ Staff

Tired of what they think are PR stunts, the family of seriously injured John Graziano has reportedly banned the Hogan family from his bedside.

Graziano family attorney Kimberley Kohn told the St. Petersburg Times that she believes the Linda, Brooke and Nick's Valentine's day visit to the hospital was a "a total (public relations) stunt" because pictures of the trip appeared on several celeb websites.

The attorney for the Hogans (whose real name is Bollea) says that's crap. "The Bollea family has been visiting John for the last seven or eight months, and there's been no PR about it whatsoever. It's a bunch of nonsense to suggest their visits to John are a PR stunt. That's crazy."

Last August Graziano was injured in a horrific crash when he was a passenger in a car driven by 17-year-old Nick Hogan. The yellow Toyota Supra careened out of control on a street near downtown Clearwater, Fla. and crashed into a palm tree. Witnesses claim Bollea and another driver were racing. Bollea faces felony charges of reckless driving with serious bodily injury.

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16. Good for John's family!

Posted at 11:52AM on Mar 14th 2008 by tracey

17. DUST: that wasn't very nice regardless of how you feel about the hogan's!

Posted at 11:42AM on Mar 14th 2008 by sillygirl

18. There needs to be a several murders and one suicide in this family--

Posted at 11:43AM on Mar 14th 2008 by //

19. seriously, this is so false, these guys have paps aroun all the time, they can't help it...they are not going to run around trying to get publicity in the light of an honest tragedy...and you can't get pissed at the son, it was just that an accident, it ahppesn all the time, when people do dumb things...its a horrible thing the families are going through, why do paps need to make it all worse, these peole arent here for your entertainment 24/7 - things are real, taht family is hurting and so are the Hogan's for what has happened. I ts all just SAD, but don't point fingers at everythign you hear and assume its all real, grow up and get a mind of your own!

Posted at 11:48AM on Mar 14th 2008 by DON'T believe everything you hear...if you do your part of the problem

20. Come on! Nick is responsible for injuring his friend. Both of them did not wear seat belts, so, they are responsible for their own actions. I would ban Hogans from coming to my hospital room, too!

Posted at 1:28PM on Mar 14th 2008 by betch

21. Another example of someone who hangs around celebrity especially an underage overindulged kid like Nick. He doesn't stop the friend from going over the edge and then holds the minor responsible. If Graziano was a true Marine, he would have either stopped his friend or when they BOTH went over the edge, he would have held himself as responsible if not more than NICK since he was the elder and not been planning on the pending lawsuit. And there will be a lawsuit. The only person John has to blame is himself, he didn't have a gun to his head to get in the car nor stopping him from getting out of the car when it started getting crazy. I've been there and done that. Personal Accountability. I guess he forgot that after leaving Parris Island and The Corps.

Posted at 12:03PM on Mar 14th 2008 by Troy

22. Well let's see now...Hulk belittles his daughter for looking too sexy and going out with older dudes then has sex with with his daughters best friend...Linda kept Hulk feeling like she didin't give two thoughts to his insecure feeling about her not loving him..now the affair is out in the open the Ma & Pa trailer park show is spliting up. Nick who fancyes himself a chip off the old block & race car driver...raced into a tree and put his friend into a coma, all with-out batting an eye.
Like Father like son...showing no remorse for there actions, I wish they would wrap up their 15 minutes of fame and go back to obscurity where they came from!! Oh and Broke next time you walk down Robertson blvd telling the paps the Hogans are number one and don't belive everything you read......well maybe you should learn to read before you make an arrogant comment to TMZ!!

Posted at 11:47AM on Mar 14th 2008 by Keith Dyson

23. ok it looks like the one trying to get PR are Johns family. i've never seen such pictures. and jonh can't realy be an angel if he was friends with Nick.

Posted at 11:56AM on Mar 14th 2008 by thingthatmakeugohumm

24. All parents love their children and want to stand with them when somethng bad happens. Sadly, this young man has proven that he is not a responsible adult by drinking and driving as well as racing on a public street. He has now destroyed the life of one young man and forever damaged that mans famly..he has placed his own family in a serious financial situation and hurt them emotionally as well. My personal opionion is unless he does jail time, he will again make the same mistake he has repeated in the past. I am a Mother of a son and sometimes tough love is the only answer.

Posted at 12:19PM on Mar 14th 2008 by Pam

25. Accidents are exactly that. Why knock a family that has loved and taken in their childs friend and is there to support him even in the roughest of times. I saw those photos of them, they were a mile away. That aint PR. Please, say what you want about Hulk and his lack of parenting but this family is mourning the injury and pain John Family is in. Sounds more like a PR stunt for the attorneys.

Posted at 11:48AM on Mar 14th 2008 by Dave

26. I know the accident was a terrible thing but I don't think Nick is soley responsible. The man that got hurt was stupid enough to get in the car with Nick in the first place. I'm sure he wasn't kidnapped at gun point. Thats the problem today. People are not held accountable for their own action.

Posted at 11:48AM on Mar 14th 2008 by NJP

27. I could totally see the Hogan's turning that visit into a PR stunt. How is it there were pictures of the event? That's sickening. This whole family is low rent. I wish they would all just go away.

Posted at 11:51AM on Mar 14th 2008 by Janet

28. THEY ARE TRYING TO VISIT GRAZIANO SO THEY CAN NOT GET A LAWSUIT TO THEM... I DO HOPE THAT GRAZIANO FAMILY HAS THE GREATEST LION ATTORNEY TO GRAB EVERY MONEY THAT IS WORTH FROM THESE HOGAN'S..GRAZIANO IS IN A COMA IN A VEGETATE STATE... THE HOGANS BETTER START SELLING THEIR HOMES. I AM HAPPY THAT GRAZIANO LAWYER DID NOT WANT THEIR PRESENCE AT VALENTINES DAYL.. THE HOGANS ARE TRYING TO KISS ASS./...

GRAZIANO LAYWER - TAKE ALL THE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ THEY HAVE EARNED SO GRAZIANO CAN BE PAID ACCORDINGLY FOR HIS INJURIES//

Posted at 10:00AM on Mar 15th 2008 by shirlina

29. I'm sick of hearing about this... Nick should be in jail. If it had been anybody else, he would be in jail. He essentially ended someone's life, regaurdless if he's still alive or not. It probably was a PR stunt. He's not taking responsibility for what happened. That's obvious.

Posted at 11:57AM on Mar 14th 2008 by heather

30. And the old man is poppin Brooks best friend. A real all American family.

Of course, Lindas looking fine.

Posted at 11:58AM on Mar 14th 2008 by face

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