Hulk Hogan's son to stay in solitary

CLEARWATER, Fla., June 4 (UPI) -- A Florida judge has denied a request to release Nick Bollea, wrestler Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son, from solitary confinement, a court spokesman said.

Bollea was sentenced last month to eight months in jail for felony reckless driving in a car accident that critically injured his friend. Bollea is being housed in solitary at Pinellas County Jail because of his age.

E! Online said Judge Philip J. Federico denied a motion filed Monday by Bollea's lawyers, claiming the solitary confinement is "cruel and unusual punishment" because spending 16 to 17 hours a day in the maximum-security cell is causing Bollea "unbearable anxiety."

Bollea's legal team requested the teen be transferred to monitored home confinement or the jail's minimum-security area, E! Online said.

The judge didn't explain his reasons for the decision. However, a court spokesman told the St. Petersburg Times the judge studied the motion looking for legal issues to be argued.

"Had there been a need for such arguments, a hearing would have been scheduled," court public information officer Ron Stuart said.