Hulk Hogan’s wife, Melanie Sky Daily, told a Florida judge she was on board with the late wrestler’s son Nick Hogan taking control of his estate worth over $5 million, Us Weekly can exclusively report.
On Thursday, September 18, Daily, 47, filed court documents stating she is the widow of Hulk (real name: Terry Bollea) and has an “interest in this estate as the surviving spouse.”
She said she waived the right to a hearing on Nick, 35, being appointed as the coadministrator of Hulk’s estate and consented to the petition he had filed. The other party working with Nick on managing Hulk’s affairs is a man named Terry McCoy, a longtime associate of the late entertainer.
Hulk died on July 24 at his home in Clearwater, Florida, at the age of 71. His cause of death was listed as acute myocardial infarction.His death certificate listed him as a “professional wrestler” and revealed he had been cremated at a facility in Florida.
As Us first reported, Nick filed his petition on September 9. He explained that his late father drafted his first will in 2016 but amended it in 2017, 2021, 2022 and a final time in July 2023.
In the final edits to his will, executed on July 28, 2023, Hulk asked that his daughter, Brooke Hogan, be removed as a beneficiary of the estate.
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“Under no circumstances shall Brooke E. Bollea or any descendants of Brooke E. Bollea be considered a beneficiary or my last will and testament, and any reference in this last will and testament to my children or lineal descendants shall not include Brooke E. Bollea and the descendants of Brooke E. Bollea,” the filing read.
As Us previously reported, Brooke, 37, asked to be removed from the will and did not want a cut of her father’s estate.
Following his death, Brooke spoke out about her famous father and their rocky relationship.
“When he left this earth, it felt like part of my spirit left with him. I felt it before the news even reached us,” Brooke said. “… I know he’s at peace now, out of pain, and in a place as beautiful as he imagined. He used to speak about this moment with such wonder and hope. Like meeting God was the greatest championship he’d ever have.”
Nick’s court documents revealed the 2021 amendment removed his ex-wife, Jennifer McDaniel, as a beneficiary.
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In his petition, Nick said Hulk left behind $799,000 in personal property, intellectual property valued at $4 million, $200,000 in cryptocurrency and an unknown value for a potential medical malpractice lawsuit. The petition did not list Hulk’s massive home in Florida worth an estimated $11 million.
TMZ reported that Daily is expected to file a medical malpractice lawsuit over a surgery Hulk had months before his death. Daily believes the surgery was done wrong and could have led to Hulk’s death.
Daily spoke out after Hulk’s death on social media. She said he had been dealing with “health issues” but she had been confident he was making a recovery. “I had so much faith in his strength,” she wrote. “I thought we still had more time.”
On July 27, Nick posted a nice message to Daily on Instagram on her birthday.
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“Thank you so much Sky, I really appreciate everything you did for my father and are doing for all of us at this time,” he commented on a photo she posted with Hulk.
The judge signed off on the estate’s coadministrator, McCoy, starting the process of getting Hulk’s finances in order for the beneficiaries to receive their inheritance.
