Nick Hogan has responded to the civil lawsuit filed by John Graziano‘s family, claiming it’s John’s own fault he is lying in a hospital bed in a coma from injuries he sustained in a crash while riding as a passenger in Nick’s vehicle.
Some excerpts from the court documents:
John Graziano chose to violate Florida low by not wearing his seatbelt. Had John Graziano been wearing his seatbelt, he would not have sustained the injuries alleged in the Complaint.
John Graziano was the adult in the vehicle the day of the accident. He chose to get in the vehicle and, if he believed that Nick Bollea was driving in a negligent, reckless, willful or wanton way (a fact Nick Bollea denies), then as the adult in the vehicle, John Graziano, did nothing to supervise Nick Bollea.
If at any point in time John Graziano thought that Nick Bollea was driving in a negligent, reckless, willful or wanton way, John Graziano could have exited the 1998 Toyota Supra. The 1998 Toyota Supra was traveling on a city street and stopped at multiple stop lights prior to the accident. Despite repeated opportunities, at no point did John Graziano attempt to exit the 1998 Toyota Supra.
Assuming that Nick Bollea was negligent (a fact which Nick Bollea denies), John Graziano practically lived at the Bollea house. John Graziano knew Nick Bollea well and knew the 1998 Toyota Supra well. In fact, John Graziano had worked on the 1998 Toyota Supra and John Graziano had driven the 1998 Toyota Supra. John Graziano has been a passenger in the 1998 Toyota Supra innumerable times over the course of their multi-year friendship. John Graziano had spent the entire day of August 26, 2007 with Nick Bollea and knew Nick Bollea’s physical condition at the time of the accident. If there was any risk associated with riding as a passenger in the 1998 Toyota Supra, John Graziano knew of the risk and assumed the risk when he chose to be a passenger.
If Nick Bollea consumed alcohol prior to the accident, John Graziano provided the alcohol to Nick Bollea.
So let me get this straight – the defense is that John got into the car with Nick, didn’t have his seatbelt on, didn’t jump out of the car at any of the stoplights, and to top it off, practically lived at the Hogan home, therefore should have known better than to even be friends with Nick to begin with.
Yeah, this is clearly his own fault.
Are you even kidding me with this defense? Nick has shown no remorse, demonstrated no personal accountability and now he wants to be released from jail and be put under house arrest? Can you say douchebag?
View the court documents HERE.