Gawker lawyer Michael Berry had a tough sell.
The Levine Sullivan Koch & Schultz partner in his opening statement on Monday told a St. Petersburg, Florida, jury that when Gawker published a secret recording of pro wrestler Hulk Hogan having sex with his friend’s wife, it was “important and lawful” and part of “the marketplace of ideas.”
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