Hogans Got Hang Ups on Phone Calls

91. The Sheriff's office didn't release the tapes to the highest bidder. A request was made and someone paid the standard costs.

Florida has released jail tapes before. Conversations between inmates and former spouses, parents and other family members have all been made public. The lawyers tried to fight it as being a violation of the right to privacy and on constitutional grounds without success.

So it's a long shot that Nick will be able to win on this one but it does delay the release of the next batch of tapes.

Could this be the start of “Nick Knows Solitary” now that the Hogan’s know free air time courtesy of the Sheriff’s Department comes with the package?

Posted at 3:47PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Another Tom

92. Those tapes are public information. The jail can't sell something that's free. If they did, then the media that bought them are dumb. The public has general access to those tapes through Pinellas County Jail. To those that say "are tapes being released of other inmates?" No, because the public doesn't care about any of the other people in that jail. I think the way it happens is that the paparazzi try to get any information they can on Nick's stay in jail, they find phone calls are free game and subject to recording, they grab them. It's the same thing that happens with court testimonies like Denise Richards. That becomes public information after the trial, the media can grab it and then use it in an article and even use quotes as if they had talked to her because it is something that she actually said. It's up to the judge to decide if public information can be closed to the public (usually if children are involved....which makes Nick's case a little more difficult because he is a minor tried as an adult).

Posted at 6:38PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Kyle