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Jack Thompson disbarred for a decade?
Posted on Thursday, 5 June 2008 by Speed, source: Gamepolitics
It's been a while since we last heard from or about Jack Thompson but today we've got some fantastic news (except for him of course): the Florida bar wants him to be disbarred for ten years for 27 violations of professional misconduct.
One of the readers of Gamepolitics was present when Thompson went to court and wrote down a nice summary of the things that happened there:
One of the readers of Gamepolitics was present when Thompson went to court and wrote down a nice summary of the things that happened there:
I was able to tag along with an actual attorney, so we drove to the courthouse, went up to the courtroom, waited outside until 2pm. Baliff opened the door and I held it open. Sadly, I even held it open for the beast himself.
So the judge came in. Judge Tunis seems like a real nice lady.
Thompson wanted to make known that he had a objection in writing. He was able to submit it to the record, but the judge said he couldn't read it aloud. That really pissed him off, I think. He also passed around copies of the objection to various reporters and a member of the legal community known as "Mr. Mim". He also claimed that "Mr. Mim" was not supposed to be there. So he dropped the objection into his lap and went back to his side of the court. The judge was NOT pleased.
Eventually, he made comments about the judge not being a judge(This is relating to the Loyalty Oath stuff), said the hearing was moot, and WALKED OUT.
"The court acknowledges that Mr. Thompson has voluntarily left the proceedings"
Then the Florida Bar presented it's evidence. Lalalala, bunch of legal crap.
The Bar recommends that Thompson's punishment should be: "Enhanced disbarment, with a reapplyment wait of 10 years"
After more legalese, the court was ajorned.
Mr Mim threw away his copy of the objection. A friend of mine who happened to be attending reached to get it at the same time a State Attorney was. We ended up getting a copy of it because the State Attorney was a nice guy.
And we went home.
End of story
End of story for now, but I'm sure we'll be hearing more pretty soon. I wonder whether Fox will be inviting Thompson in the future again to talk about violence in games :)So the judge came in. Judge Tunis seems like a real nice lady.
Thompson wanted to make known that he had a objection in writing. He was able to submit it to the record, but the judge said he couldn't read it aloud. That really pissed him off, I think. He also passed around copies of the objection to various reporters and a member of the legal community known as "Mr. Mim". He also claimed that "Mr. Mim" was not supposed to be there. So he dropped the objection into his lap and went back to his side of the court. The judge was NOT pleased.
Eventually, he made comments about the judge not being a judge(This is relating to the Loyalty Oath stuff), said the hearing was moot, and WALKED OUT.
"The court acknowledges that Mr. Thompson has voluntarily left the proceedings"
Then the Florida Bar presented it's evidence. Lalalala, bunch of legal crap.
The Bar recommends that Thompson's punishment should be: "Enhanced disbarment, with a reapplyment wait of 10 years"
After more legalese, the court was ajorned.
Mr Mim threw away his copy of the objection. A friend of mine who happened to be attending reached to get it at the same time a State Attorney was. We ended up getting a copy of it because the State Attorney was a nice guy.
And we went home.
End of story
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