By Stephen Thompson of The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 30, 2008

CLEARWATER - Linda Bollea may think the judge presiding over her divorce from Hulk Hogan needs to decide immediately whether to freeze the famed former wrestler's assets. But the judge doesn't think so.

And he's told her so twice.

On Jan. 23, Bollea and her attorneys asked that Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer grant her an emergency injunction to freeze Hogan's assets after, she said, he tried to dupe her into a post-nuptial agreement.

She also feared what he would do with the money from the sale of their $17 million home in the Miami area.

Greer didn't think the matter was an emergency, and instructed attorneys to set a hearing on the issue on the court's regular calendar. A date of Feb. 28 was scheduled.

Then Bollea's attorneys filed another motion Tuesday, essentially asking for the emergency injunction again. Greer noted it looked a lot like the old motion – except a part that said Bollea feared that by Feb. 28, Hogan may have succeeded in moving his assets outside the country or to a limited liability corporation under the control of a third party.

Greer still didn't consider the matter an emergency, and stuck with the Feb. 28 date.

Also on Tuesday, Bollea asked that she be given temporary custody of Nick Bollea, the couple's 17-year-old son and their only minor child. Their daughter Brooke is 19.

Nick Bollea was involved in a wreck in August that left his passenger, Iraq war veteran John Graziano, with a serious brain injury. Bollea was charged with reckless driving involving serious bodily injury, and the Graziano family has intimated it is considering filing a lawsuit against one or both of Bollea's parents.

One reason Linda Bollea wants temporary custody of Nick, she said in court documents, is that Hogan has failed to involve her in important decisions regarding her son, though she didn't say what those decisions were.

She wants Nick to live with her in the family mansion in Belleair, and she doesn't want Hogan to come to that property, or to a beach house Linda Bollea uses with their children in Clearwater, unless Hogan has her permission.

There is no indication in court documents that Judge Greer has responded to these requests.

Reporter Stephen Thompson can be reached at (727) 451-2336 or [email protected].