Hulk Hogan may have been the victim of medical malpractice at the time of his death, a new bombshell report claims.
The WWE legend – whose real name is Terry Bollea – died at the age of 71 on July 24. It was initially ruled that he had suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida before passing away at a local hospital.
However, almost a month on from his passing, doubt has been cast over his cause of death with it now being shockingly suggested that medical malpractice may have cost him his life.
An occupational therapist is said to have been present at the wrestling icon’s Florida home when he stopped breathing, who raised concerns over Hogan’s condition.
Law enforcement sources reportedly told TMZ that the therapist claimed to officers responding to 911 call at Hogan’s home that the late wrestler was the victim of medical malpractice.
The therapist, who was not named, allegedly told officers that during a recent surgery the surgeon ‘severed’ Hogan’s phrenic nerve.
Hulk Hogan may have been the victim of medical malpractice at the time of his death
The WWE legend, pictured with his third wife Sky Daily, died at the age of 71 on July 24
The phrenic nerve is crucial for a person’s breathing, controlling the diaphragm – the muscle that supports inhalation and exhalation. Phrenic nerve damage can lead to diaphragm paralysis, causing difficulty breathing.
Hogan’s wife Sky Daily, whom he married in 2023, reportedly raised the alarm when he stopped breathing, prompting the 911 call to emergency services.
Police at the scene are said to have discussed the revelation from the therapist with their conversations caught on body camera footage, TMZ reports.
A month before his death, a source revealed to DailyMail.com that Hogan – who was embroiled in a shocking family feud with his ex-wife Linda and estranged daughter Brooke earlier this year – was trying to work his way back to ‘100 percent’ after neck and back operations. It is unclear which surgery the therapist was referring to.
‘Hulk has a body ravaged by wrestling, his body is the body of a 140-year-old man with all the bumps and bruises through the years, and his recent neck and back surgeries have been harder to come back from,’ a source close to Hogan said.
His wife Sky had denied rumors he was on his deathbed in a coma – and claimed his heart was ‘strong’ after he underwent a routine neck surgery.
Hogan had also previously opened up about undergoing ’25 surgeries in the past decade.’
The news of the therapists bombshell claim comes just one day after Hogan’s estranged daughter Brooke demanded to see police body cam footage from the day of the WWE icon’s death.
A therapist has claimed that the late wrestler’s phrenic nerve has been ‘severed’ in surgery
Sky, whom he married in 2023, reportedly raised the alarm when he stopped breathing
The TV personality initially remained silent in the wake of his death, before later demanding an autopsy on his body and seemingly accused the authorities of foul play.
She later backtracked over those comments but has now returned to social media to claim that body cam footage could ‘shed enough light to change the narrative’.
On her Instagram story Wednesday, she wrote: ‘FACT: I’ve 100% gotten legit calls from professionals- from police officials to nurses that were supposedly with my dad on the day of his death telling ME I need to see body cam footage and I need to get a hold of the 911 tapes because they supposedly contain information that could potentially shed enough light to change the narrative we/I/everyone’s been hearing.
‘Those same professionals feel so passionately about what they witnessed, they have continued to contact me and push me to find specific answers to this very day.
‘They are quite literally putting their careers at risk because they feel so compelled to do the right thing. The short of it is- it’s all up to my dad’s wife and I have zero control. I can not do anything, my hands are tied, and I have no say in anything regarding my dad – even as his daughter. Those are the rules as I’ve been told.
In another story, she wrote: ‘I do not have any information on if or when he is being cremated. Could have been right after he died, could be tomorrow. I do not know.
‘I have been told by my brother there will be an autopsy. I do not know who will be performing the autopsy. Any information I receive from an autopsy- if one happens-whether I believe it or not, I will be keeping private out of respect for my father.
Hogan’s daughter Brooke has asked to see body cam footage from the day of his death
Brooke released the bombshell statement on her Instagram story on Wednesday afternoon
‘I do not have answers as to if the officials who have contacted me about what they witnessed relayed this information to the medical examiner’s office. And if they did, I do not know why it wasn’t taken into consideration.
‘All body cam footage and 911 dispatch calls are not available via the freedom of information act. It’s all on lockdown. I do not know why.
‘Do I question his general physician signing off on his death certificate, given his background which is available for anyone to see via a simple Google search? You can answer that one for yourself.
‘I have to trust that my brother is doing his best to get answers. At the end of the day, answers would be great, but none of it brings my dad back. And my hands are tied’.
More to follow.
