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Pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is honored with a Father of the Year award at the 66th annual Fathers Day Council reception in New York on June 7, 2007. The awards are being presented to businessmen, sports figures and politicians. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff) 
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Published: Oct. 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM

CLEARWATER, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The 18-year-old son of professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan has been released from a Florida jail after serving five months for felony reckless driving.

E! Online said Nick Hogan, who appeared with his parents and sister on the reality series "Hogan Knows Best," was taken immediately to his family's Clearwater, Fla., home after he was released at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Hogan left the Pinellas County jail after serving 166 days of an eight-month sentence. E! said the teen was let out early because he earned nearly three months off of his sentence for good behavior.

He pleaded no contest in May to the charge of felony reckless driving, which stemmed from a September 2007 car crash that critically injured his best friend, John Graziano, and is believed to have left him in need of lifelong medical care.

In addition to the jail time, Hogan will be on probation for five years and have to serve 500 hours of community service, E! said.

Topics: John Graziano
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