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Hulk Hogan's son asks for new jail arrangement
Bollea's attorney is asking that Nick serve house arrest until he turns 18.
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- An attorney for Nick Bollea says his current confinement is unfair.
In a motion filed in Pinellas County Court, Kevin Hayslett says Bollea is serving a "much harsher confinement than acceptable for a juvenile or non-violent first offender."
Hayslett is asking that Bollea serve house arrest until he turns 18 and then be turned back over to the custody of the Pinellas County Jail. Or he asks that if Bollea must stay in jail let him leave solitary confinement.
He says Bollea is being kept in solitary confinement, which "creates a mental and physical health risk to a 17-year-old."
Bollea will turn 18 years old on July 27.
But the attorneys for the jail say, "Mr. Bollea is properly classified as an adult offender having pled and been sentenced as an adult and is being housed correctly pursuant to (Florida law) related to children convicted of such adult offenses."
Bollea was in jail for less than three hours before he called his mother complaining.
"I have to get a work release," Bollea said. "Or we have to appeal it or something because I can't stay here."
The motion also references the jail phone calls that Nick made to his mother and father, which were recently released to the media, saying it "resulted in unspeakable harm to Nicholas Bollea and his family."
On the tape recording, it's obvious to the family that their calls were being recorded.
After a message is heard saying the calls may be recorded or monitored, Nick's mom, Linda Bollea, says "Well, hopefully they won't put the conversation that they tape on Bay News 9 like they do everything else around here," she said.
In the motion Nick's attorneys also reference the exclusive Bay News video of the Bolleas visiting Nick in jail last week.
During that visit Nick raised his middle finger toward Bay News 9's camera.
Bollea entered a no contest plea May 9 for felony reckless driving with serious bodily injury. He was sentenced to 8 months in jail.
State Attorney Scott Rosenwasser said it's up to the judge on whether he wants to hold a hearing on the motion. Currently there's not one scheduled.
The charges stemmed from a car crash August 26 in Clearwater. Bollea's Toyota Supra hit a palm tree, which left his passenger and friend, John Graziano, with severe brain injuries.
Graziano's attorneys say they're against any change in Nick's probation and they'd be horrified if he gets any more leniency.
State Attorney Scott Rosenwasser, who prosecuted Bollea's case, said they object, that the sheriff's office is following the law and Bollea should've thought about all of this before entering his plea.
Rosenwasser said it's up to the judge on whether he wants to hold a hearing on the motion. Currently there's not one scheduled.
A public relations firm based in Los Angeles, Sitrick And Company, is now representing the Bolleas.
In a press release Monday, the firm said David Houston, a prominent attorney from Reno, Neveda, is joining Nick's legal team.
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