Slip Out the Back, Jack; Thompson Disbarred
- Scribbled on September 25th, 2008 by Jonathon Howard
- Filed in Industry News, Legal Brief
Remember all those things GameStooge reporting describing Jack Thompson’s trials with the Florida Bar? Remember the ranting and the raving and the crazy? Let’s stroll down Memory Lane:
- Take 2 Sues Thompson and Thompson Sues Back
- Jack Thompson Alleges Crimes Against Video Game Blogs
- Thompson Blames VA Tech Shootings On Guess What?…Videogames
Dr. Phil Suggests Video Games to Blame for Virginia Tech ShootingsOops. That was Dr. Phil.- Hear Thompson’s Lies Straight From The Source
- Jack Thompson: Who’s Next? Kotaku!
- Thompson’s Next Victim:…Wendy’s?
- Jack Thompson: Bioshock Ad Too Violent … During WWE Smackdown
- Jack Thompson Continues Crusade on Fox News, Fails
- Jack Thompson Claims Military “In Collusion” With Videogame Industry
- Thompson “Figuratively” Bombs Florida Supreme Court
- Florida Supreme Court Pimpslaps Thomspon
- Thompson is Guilty, Guilty, Guilty (Say It 24 More Times)
- Jack Thompson Continues the Crazy
- “My ‘mistake’ was not killing 3000 people to make my point…”
- Jack Thompson Plays Last Card, Resorts to Name Calling
- Judge Recommends Permanent Disbarment for Jack Thompson
Whew. And that’s just in the last two years, when Thompson had no credibility with anyone save FOX News. There was a time when people actually cared what he had to say.
Well, I have good news, Mr. Thompson has been “permanently disbarred without leave to reapply for readmission to the Florida Bar.” I read through the entire statement from the Court Clerk and wow, it’s really good reading here. Mr. Thompson’s actions are bizarre and his disbarment seems warrented, he harassed those who didn’t agree with him terribly, he sent endless streams of vitriol to people who disagreed with him, accusing attorneys of sex crimes, extortion, racketeering, it goes on and on the man sounds insane. It might be a good idea for the courts to have him examined.
Mr. Thompson refused to follow several court orders, one of which that he seek counsel to represent him, resulted in his not appealing of the decision to disbar him, so his ability to practice law was removed with no contest. He’s also responsible for the cost of this extended hearing. In the next 30 days Mr. Thomspon will have to close his practice down completely and pay the State of Florida just under $50,000.
I’m sure this won’t be the last we hear from Mr. Thompson, I’m sure he is putting together a press release right now, accusing everyone of illegal actions and justifying all his actions as good practice. Nope, sadly Jack Thompson is the kind of problem that only time can remove.
(Thanks, Joystiq.)
September 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
(singing) Workin’ on a link farm…
September 25th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
That is an impressive amount of coverage for one lone loon!
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