VIDEO : Is Billionaire Peter Thiel Funding Hulk Hogan Suit?

NEW YORK (AP) ? Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has been secretly funding Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media for publishing a sex tape, according to reports in Forbes and The New York Times. The Forbes article , and a similar one in the Times, cited unnamed people familiar with the situation. Gawker said in a statement that it hopes an appellate court will "correct" a Florida jury's $140 million verdict against the company and "reaffirm the law that protects a free and critical press."