Gawker chose an illegally filmed sex tape of a washed up celebrity as the hill they wanted to die on, and die they did. Did Thiel make them host the video in t

Gawker chose an illegally filmed sex tape of a washed up celebrity as the hill they wanted to die on, and die they did. Did Thiel make them host the video in the first place? Did Thiel make them ignore initial injunction for them to take the video down?