[News Update] Nick Bollea's License Suspended

From tampabay.com:

Nick Bollea's license has been suspended for a year, a spokeswoman with the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said today.

The 17-year-old son of wrester Hulk Hogan was charged with reckless driving with serious bodily injury earlier this month after crashing his Toyota Supra in Clearwater Aug. 26, critically injuring his friend and passenger, John Graziano. Police say he was racing moments before the crash and had alcohol in his system.

The state suspended Bollea's license because of three charges or citations he faces, highway department spokeswoman Ann Nucatola. It was suspended for six months as a result of being charged with being under 21 and having a blood alcohol level of .05 percent or higher on the day of the crash that injured Graziano.

As of Dec. 10, Bollea's license will be suspended for a year as a result of being charged with reckless driving involving serious injury in the Aug. 26 crash, Nucatola said. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, although experts have said Bollea more likely would face probation.

Bollea also faces another suspension as of Dec. 11 for failing to pay a traffic fine in Osceola County for driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone on April 25, Nucatola said. That suspension will be lifted when the fine is paid.

In other Hogan family news...

Linda Hogan (a.k.a. Linda Bollea) has been very outspoken about the dangers of street racing since her son Nick’s tragic crash in August, which left 22-year-old Marine John Graziano in a coma.

But ABC Action News uncovered a 2005 street-racing DVD called Vehicular Lunatics that shows Linda hasn’t always practiced what she preaches. In an extra called Street Racing with Linda Hogan, the video shows Linda driving a Mercedes S600 with daughter Brooke in the passenger seat, challenging another car to a race.

“Wanna race?” Brooke asks, to which a man in the car responds, “Yeah! We love racing you! On three.” Linda is seen later describing street racing thusly: “Oh, I love it. I love it. The rush, the speed on the road, stereo blasting, heart-pounding, racing in between all the cars, dodging the cops. It’s awesome.” Nick and patriarch Hulk Hogan are also seen on the disc, which was shot all over Florida, including Tampa, St. Pete and Orlando.

This is kind of a big deal, since ABC Action News’ Matthew Schwartz had asked Linda two weeks ago if she had said such a thing, and she denied it, the station's Web site says. Graziano’s family no doubt will be very interested in the DVD as fodder for a possible civil suit.