Hulk Hogan death investigation: Florida police release interview with Hogan's occupational therapist

Added: 2026-06-06

[00:00:06]I witness I pulled him over.

[00:00:17]So the surgery a month or two ago they slept they seed the uh the frenic nerve.

[00:00:23]He went into a complete system shut home the home health. I'm an occupational therapist and um he didn't look good. I saw him last week one time dead here. He was breathing.

[00:00:41]I was checking out what 10.

[00:00:46]>> Okay.

[00:00:46]>> All right. We ate very little couple was up throughout the night and uh came back to notice >> it is. Yeah. It should be behind that.

[00:01:01]>> No rise of all the chest.

[00:01:04]>> Try to get pulse. Try to take blood pressure. Nothing. She came in. We ris it together. immediately called 911 down to the floor. Sorry.

[00:01:15]And that's basically breathing.

[00:01:32]Can I grab your phone real quick?

[00:01:34]>> Oh, yes sir. 727 It's a good birthday for you.

[00:01:44]Not sure it was a good one, but do you have your license on you by chance?

[00:01:47]Sure.

[00:01:56]>> Is this address? Yes.

[00:02:05]Yes.

[00:02:08]>> Anything else?

[00:02:10]>> He has the medical history.

[00:02:11]>> Yeah, we we got everything.

[00:02:13]>> I'll take care of him. He said his son is coming here. Is that right?

[00:02:16]>> No. Meeting us at the hospital.

[00:02:17]>> Okay. Gotcha. Okay.

[00:02:20]>> Okay.

[00:02:24]>> All right. In any case, when I saw it, I didn't cuz it's such a big guy.

[00:02:28]>> Yeah.

[00:02:29]>> So, getting a pulse, getting all that stuff sometimes difficult. And uh then when we realized it, obviously we didn't call get get his business.

[00:02:38]To be honest, I'm surprised he lasted us long.

[00:02:40]>> You said you were only here like 10 minutes, right? Before he >> I got here about I can tell you talking to >> um 9:30.

[00:02:49]I walked in the door.

[00:02:49]>> How long have you been helping take care of him?

[00:02:53]>> My second only my second >> uh hold down this button right here. Do you want me to do it or Yeah.

[00:03:03]Then it'll put a line through it.

[00:03:07]>> Uh it's my second visit.

[00:03:08]>> Okay.

[00:03:08]>> I just did the initial vial last week. I say I'm surprising the week.

[00:03:12]>> And are you trying to help him adjust to being in like a wheelchair mainly and stuff like that or >> Yeah. Occupational definition PT does the legs we do the upper body.

[00:03:21]>> Okay.

[00:03:22]>> Function. So just helping him function as best he can.

[00:03:24]>> Right. I was trying to get him back because he was comfortable breathing.

[00:03:27]>> Was he able to Was he able to walk and stuff?

[00:03:29]>> Barely. It was a pivot transfer, >> but he's been using like urinal and stuff. What's the big issue right now?

[00:03:35]>> Everything. Uh like we were >> like like why is he kind of why was he not able to walk?

[00:03:42]>> He had that uh severed the frenic nerve in surgery.

[00:03:46]>> Was that recently?

[00:03:48]>> Okay.

[00:03:49]>> So he had a back surgery or what was it?

[00:03:52]>> It was honestly he has had so many surgeries.

[00:03:57]Okay.

[00:03:57]>> The frenic nerve is a nerve that involves respiratory.

[00:04:01]>> Okay.

[00:04:02]>> And if you slice that, which is hard to do, >> the doctor.

[00:04:06]>> Okay.

[00:04:07]>> That's the surgery was for for what exactly?

[00:04:11]>> Uh let's see. If you've had so Okay.

[00:04:58]I was talking to the boss who just wants one more question. In the video you you talked about how the the frenic nerve when it gets severed it's a hard thing to do.

[00:05:11]>> I assume that. Yeah. Oh, you assume that >> it's not really my >> Okay. Cuz basically like what we're trying to trying to know is like how you knew that that nerve I'm sorry leaning on your car that that that that nerve is a a common thing that can be injured during a surgery and b like did >> like how did you arrive at that medical conclusion to say that >> that it's hard to do?

[00:05:39]>> No, that was >> okay. I assumed. I mean, I don't know. I mean, I >> But I mean, you're not a neurosurgeon.

[00:05:46]>> Not at all. You have a cardiac surgery.

[00:05:49]Yeah.

[00:05:49]>> Didn't go to medical school. You have you have the degree for the occupational therapy and and nothing beyond that, right?

[00:05:56]>> Okay. Sorry to keep you.

[00:05:58]>> It's okay. I was also glad you didn't know it.

[00:06:01]>> I understand that.

[00:06:02]>> So, I got in trouble before for talking to me. So, >> Okay. Well, I think that should be it.

[00:06:09]All right. Thank you, sir.

[00:06:11]>> It was interesting though. Listen to the interview on Bubba Lossp next couple days after that.

[00:06:16]>> Oh, I've heard it.

[00:06:16]>> And the guy mentioned this, Frank himself. He's like, "Oh, it could have been." And this is and I was like, "Huh, >> I've heard it."

[00:06:23]>> Yeah. So, I shouldn't have said the comment.

[00:06:28]>> Okay. Well, fair enough.

[00:06:30]>> This is why I'm not a doctor.

[00:06:33]>> I just get you stronger and get you moving.

[00:06:36]>> Well, that's equally important. So, >> all right. Take care, sir.

[00:06:40]>> Thank