The term 'cuckolding' refers to a consensual relationship dynamic where one partner, typically the husband (the "cuckold"), who allows or encourages their spouse (usually the wife, or the "queen"), to engage in sexual activities with another person (the "bull").
While the dynamic can vary widely among couples, but for any reason or purpose, the act may either derive pleasure from this arrangement, which can be emotional, psychological, or sexual in nature, or that it's done for financial reasons.
And here, Terry Gene Bollea, or best known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, the American professional wrestler, is seen having sexual intercourse with Heather Clem, the wife of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge.
Hogan had sex with Heather, during the messy divorce she was having with Bubba.
In total, there were three sexual encounters between the two.
It was on October 4, 2012, when Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio published a two-minute extract from the 30-minute grainy, black-and-white video, including 10 seconds of explicit sexual activity.
Not long after that, the article went viral, and there is no going back.
Hogan is suing because of this.
It all began back in 2006.
At the time, Bollea, aka. Hulk Hogan was recorded while he was indulged with sex activities with Heather Clem.
In the first video, which is said to be over 40-minutes long, shows Heather wearing G-string and high heels, performing oral sex on Hogan for ten minutes until he finishes.
The second tape, the one published by Gawker, features the two engaging in coitus which lasts a little over two minutes. In the full-length of the video, which is said to be around 30-minutes long, shows Hogan performing oral sex on Heather, before Heather performing oral sex on Hogan, before the two begin having sex. Penetration lasts around two minutes, before Hogan finishes, and tells Heather that his condom almost came off during the intercourse.
And in the third video, also features the pair having sex, with penetration that lasts over two minutes, follows by Heather performing oral sex on Hogan. It also includes Hogan discussing his children Brooke and Nick with Heather. At the time, Hogan, who had recently separated from his wife Linda, complains about his home life.
In all, Heather is more vocal of the two, and can be heard dirty talking with Hogan.
During the trial, Hogan claimed that he was recorded without his knowledge or consent, and that in an interview, he admitted to have slept with Heather, but only after receiving Bubba Clem's blessing.
It's even said that it was Bubba who encouraged this sex because he was so stressed out about his coming divorce with Heather, that he finally gave in to the "relentless" come-ons from her who "kept going down that road."
Hogan said that he knew that Clem had "an alternative lifestyle" and that he had stopped by their house "just to say hello" when Heather tempted him.
"I was depressed. I gave up and gave in. I felt that those people loved me," the wrestler said.
In the clip, Clem can be heard saying that Heather and Hogan can "do their thing," and that he will be waiting in his office.
At the end of the video, Clem can be heard telling Heather, "If we ever need to retire, here is our ticket".
Hogan claimed that Clem secretly filmed the sexual encounter.
In the trial, Bubba testified that he was indeed the one who recorded it, and burned the video to a DVD, before writing "Hogan" on it, and put it in his desk drawer.
Hogan filed a lawsuit against the Clems for invading his privacy on October 15, 2012.
Clem settled the suit on October 29, 2012.
Following the settlement, Clem publicly apologized to Hogan.
Hogan also sued Gawker Media, publisher of the Gawker website, and several Gawker employees and Gawker-affiliated entities, for publishing the tape.
His claims included invasion of privacy, infringement of personality rights, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Prior to trial, Hogan's lawyers said the privacy of many Americans was at stake while Gawker's lawyers said that the case could hurt freedom of the press in the United States.
Hogan claimed that he's a victim of voyeurism and blackmail.
In all, Hogan asked $100 million for defamation, loss of privacy, and emotional pain.
To pursue what he think he must, Hogan received help from Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel.
The billionaire who co-founded PayPal and the former Facebook board member, paid $10 million to help finance lawsuits.
In December 2012, a federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, found that Gawker's publication of the video snippet did not violate U.S. copyright law.
It's also said that the copyright Hogan wanted was in question, given the degree to which he had already put his own private life into the public arena, resulting to the publication of the video may not be protected by fair use.
Gawker was told to remove the video, but at first, it responded that it would not comply with the part of the court order requiring the removal of the post and associated commentary because it deemed the order "risible and contemptuous of centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence."
The company also argued that Hogan made his sex life a public matter, despite saying that depiction of his genitalia had no "news value."
Gawker eventually removed the video from its website, but created a link so readers can see it on another website.
The trial lasted two weeks.
In the end, in March 2016, the jury found Gawker liable, and awarded Hogan $115 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages.
Gawker announced it would appeal as it was "disappointed" that the jury was unable to hear Clem's testimony, but ultimately settled with Hogan for $31 million in November 2016.
And not just that, because later, Hogan sued Gawker for another reason as well, alleging that the company was responsible for leaking sealed court documents that had quoted him using racial slurs. After the transcripts were published, Hogan's employer, the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), subsequently fired him.
Gawker denied being responsible for the leak.
Three months after the verdict, Gawker CEO Nick Denton personally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on August 1.
The company was then up for sale.
Gawker Media's assets, not including the namesake website, were subsequently sold to Univision Communications.
Univision Communications acquired Gawker Media's assets for $135 million at a bankruptcy auction on August 16, 2016, which include six Gawker websites: Deadspin, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, and Lifehacker.
Hulk Hogan is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide, the most popular wrestler of the 1980s, and as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
As for Heather Clem, the brunette in the infamous sex tape with Hogan, is said to have confided in her friends that she fears the video makes her "look like a piece of meat."
The woman said that she is "completely devastated" that the video has gone viral.
"I was completely humiliated," she said, adding that the video makes her "look like a piece of meat."
And as for Bubba the Love Sponge, he is actually one of Hogan's best friends.
When Clem married Heather in Florida, Hogan was his best man.
Clem has a son from a previous relationship, and that Hogan is his godfather.
Following the leak, Hogan commits to remove all copies of his sex tape with Heather from the web. Through his attorneys, he has banned websites for displaying his infamous sex tape.
His lawyers said that Hogan will take drastic legal action to make sure websites comply.
But again, like the very first viral celebrity sex tape, Hogan is fighting a losing battle.
Once something is on the internet, it's there to stay, forever.