klem. the shock jock in florida. hogan says his best friend proposed an unusual method to make him forget his troubles. >> heather wants to have sex with you, heather wants to see the size of your [ bleep ]. it started out like that. >> reporter: heather was klem's wife. >> klem asked you, and do you recall your answer? >> i said i would. >> reporter: hogan said he laughed it off. >> i knew they had an open marriage because he talked about it on the radio. but i thought with me it was so it kind of turned into a joke. >> reporter: but at his lowest point he says he called his friend. >> she basically said, i'm filing for divorce. all i did was called bubba, crying like a baby on the phone, i broke down. when bubba says, come over to the house, let's talk, you know. i was just so desperate i went over there. >> reporter: moments after hogan arrived, he says clem's wife grabbed his hand and led him up the stairs to the bedroom. >> from the feeling i had, bubba, you're not filming this, are yo

bubba said, come over to the house, let's talk. i was so desperate i went over there. >> reporter: moments after hogan arrived, he says klem's wife grabbed his hand and led him up >> from the feeling i had, bubba, you're not filming this, are you? and he just lashed into me, what the hell's wrong with you, i'm your iffing best friend, how dare you say that to me. >> reporter: five years later a tape of that night is posted by gawker as hogan is on a preplanned press tour. >> there's a tape of your [ bleep ]ing heather. >> first off, i've never made a tape. >> you swear you were not in on this? >> i swear to god i wasn't. >> reporter: hogan didn't believe his friend klem was in on this either until later that day. a bombshell. >> when they confirmed bubba was on the tape and bubba turned the camera off and bubba told heather that this is for our retirement, heather -- i just started violently shaking. >> reporter: in a video deposition, heather maintains neither she nor hogan had any idea the encounter was being recorded. >> to the

, then-wife of his former best friend bubba the love sponge. >> heather started walking in the bedroom pulling my hand. >> reporter: hogan seeking $100 million for the alleged ed d invasion of privacy claiming he didn't know he was being filmed. >> there's a tape of you [ bleep ]ing heather -- >> i've never made a tape. >> reporter: gawker arguing he's a public figure and they enjoy first amendment rights to cover use. >> this case is about a news organization's ability to join a national conversation on a topic that's in the news. and this particular case, hulk hogan spent years talking in life. >> reporter: gawker not the only ones lacing into the action-wrestler. >> he has no regret. he has no shame in his game. >> reporter: how long can's ex-wife linda telling "inside believe he deserves a dime in his lawsuit against gawker. >> i want the world to know how i feel about him. i don't know how he could do this to his family, to his peers, to the world. >> reporter: today hogan's lawyers arguing this isn't about hogan's morals but gawker's, putting its culture on trial, reading e-mails

there was never any question of, you know, who he was or what he >> reporter: his name was bubba klem, a popular shock jock in florida known to his fans as the love sponge. now hogan says his best friend proposed an unusual method to make him forget his troubles. >> heather wants to have sex with you, heather wants to see the size of your penis. it started out like that. >> reporter: heather was klem's wife. >> what did klem ask you and do you recall what your answer was? >> i said i would. >> reporter: hogan initially laughed it off. >> i knew they had an open marriage because he talked about it on the radio. i thought with me it was so many times they talked about it, it kind of turned into a joke. >> reporter: at his lowest point he says he called his friend klem. >> she basically said, i'm filing for divorce. all i did was call bubba and was crying like a baby on the phone, broke down. bubba said, come over to the house, let's talk. i was so desperate i went over there. >> reporter: moments after hogan arrived, he says klem's wife the stairs to the bedroom. >> from the feeling i h