None came that I could see, but there was a self-described “Donald Trump supporter” outside filming the tipsy attendees with her phone, trying to goad them into, well, something. Members of the malicious right-wing online movement GamerGate - who once successfully bullied Gawker’s advertisers into taking their money elsewhere - had been plastering the Flatiron with posters villainizing Denton and tried to organize protests to picket the celebration. Lawyers for Hogan weren’t the only forces trying to stop the affair from going forward. 17th Street, the office it purchased for $8 million in 2015 (and will probably have to depart). Dubbed “Against All Odds: 14 Years of Independent Journalism,” the celebration beckoned Gawker’s old editors, writers, friends and frenemies to 2 W. The judge noted that Gawker should not be spending “money out of the ordinary course of business,” but regardless, Denton went ahead with the party. “Throwing a party on the eve of the sale is not an ordinary expense,” William Russell, a lawyer for Hogan said in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday, after reading in Page Six that Denton planned on having one last bash at the office, days before the company would be sold to the highest bidder and be, potentially, watered down beyond recognition.
Daulerio found out he was liable for half of $115 million in damages even if he has just $1,505.78 in his checking account (and then the checking account was frozen) - they were almost barred from even throwing one last party. After everything else had gone wrong for Gawker Media - the company lost the lawsuit against Hulk Hogan thanks to backing from Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, the court ordered Gawker to pay $140 million in damages, the company filed for bankruptcy, founder Nick Denton filed for bankruptcy and put his apartment on the market, editor A.J.
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