Frank Caruso not Charged

The half-brother of John Graziano may not be charged with threatening those concerned in the defense of Nick Bollea, according to a case file published earlier this month.

Bollea, child of Terry Bollea - known worldwide as fighter Hulk Hogan - was charged in an auto wreck that left John Graziano with brain damage.

Bollea's solicitor, Kevin Hayslett, reported to Clearwater police that Frank Caruso had left Hayslett and Hogan emails and calls that Hogan thought constituted convincing threats to Hogan and Hogan's family, the case file asserts. A Clearwater police officer heard a message left on Hayslett's answerphone. The caller was annoyed about the wounds Graziano suffered, as well as what the caller assumed was a light jail sentence given Bollea after the wreck. Bollea was handed 8 months in prison after pleading no contest to a charge of reckless driving concerning serious bodily injury.

The officer failed to hear the caller make a direct threat to Hayslett, but spotted the caller went out of his way to let it be known that he knew the name of Hayslett's wife and also discussed Hayslett's kids. Some of the calls made to Hogan have been broadcast by radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge. In the recordings played on Clem's show, the caller is heard insulting Hogan ; his estranged better half, Linda ; the couple's girl, Brooke ; and Nick Bollea. The caller speaks with bravado - "It's over," "You disrespected the incorrect person," "You ain't nothing" - but no specific threats of violence are heard on the tapes played on a show in June. A charge of hectoring or obscene phone calls was referred to the Pinellas-Pasco State lawyer's Office, but the office selected not to file charges against Caruso. Hayslett was not upset about that call. Caruso "appears to be auditioning for the Sopranos but I never viewed it as a significant threat," the lawyer claimed. Caruso is the boy of Debbie Graziano from her first wedding, the case file asserts. Linda Bollea told investigators Debbie told her that she left Caruso's dad due to physical abuse, and that Frank Caruso was a violent person who could not hold a job. Investigators determined he had been charged with abduction and battery in 1997 in Florida, and with stalking and terrorist threats in California in 2003, the case files claims. Clearwater police could find no record the threats to Hulk Hogan came from Caruso's telephone, but they observed he might have used his mum's. And they could not find Caruso, either. He could be living in California, the case file announces. Among the people that said the voice on the messages was Frank Caruso's was Ed Graziano, Caruso's step-father. Ed Graziano has been charged with making an attempt to hire an executioner to kill Debbie Graziano, and is being held without bail at the Pinellas county lock up.