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Exclusive: Nick Bollea's jailhouse calls released

Reported by: Lisa Remillard
Email: lremillard@wfts.com
Last Update: 6/10/2008 4:03 pm
PINELLAS COUNTY -- The phone calls began just hours after Nick Bollea was hauled away from the courtroom.

Nick Bollea:  "Had I known this, I would have rather gone to trial or I would rather, you know, appeal the case or something.  I can't deal with this for eight months.  It's (Bollea's cell) like the size of my bathroom."

Linda Bollea:  "Oh!"

Nick:  "No windows or nothing.  Just one little top bed thing."

Linda:  "Oh my God!"

Bollea is being kept in a single cell at the Pinellas County Jail because he is one of only two minors serving time in the adult facility.  On the phone, he cries often and is comforted by his mother Linda.

Nick:  "All you do is sit there and think, and there's nothing to think about."

Linda:  "We'll get through it."

Nick:  "Yeah."

Linda:  "Prove to everyone you've learned your lesson and be more careful."

Inmates are allowed to use the phone as much as they want during their free time as long as the person on the other end accepts the charges.  To date, Bollea has spent an average of two hours on the phone per day.

Bollea asks for anything to pass the time, including books and magazines.  He even talks about breaking the world record for sleeping and working out in his cell.  On Wednesday his famous father Terry (a.k.a. Hulk Hogan) congratulated him on his time served so far.

Terry Bollea:  "I'm very proud of you brother.  Very, very proud of you.  You've been thrown in a tough spot and you've handled it better than I could have probably handled it.  Any man I know.  You've really been somebody to look up to."

Nick Bollea is serving eight months in prison for reckless driving.

Featured Comments
handful23 - 6/5/2008 9:46 PM
I HAVE TO SAY everyone makes mistakes it just bothers me that he act like he cant pay for his. Its plenty of good kids that were in his shoes but are serving more than 8 months in county. they are real prison cells. He is the lucky one, his best friend got LIFE!
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