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The U.S. Trustee, a bankruptcy watchdog, appointed Hogan to
the committee on Friday. Hogan won a $140 million judgment
against Gawker in a lawsuit after the gossip website published
an excerpt from a sex tape in which he appeared.
Gawker filed for bankruptcy this month with a plan to sell
itself to online publisher Ziff Davis LLC for $90 million,
setting the floor for bids in a court-supervised auction
scheduled to take place later this summer.
The committee makes sure value is maximized for creditors, and
in this case will ensure the sale generates the biggest recovery
possible, according to attorneys familiar with the case.
(Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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