Florida Bar Wants Jack Thompson Disbarred For 10 Years

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

GamePolitics has learned that the Florida Bar has requested that controversial attorney Jack Thompson, 56, be disbarred for ten years for 27 violations of professional misconduct.

 

The request came today at a sanctions hearing before Judge Dava Tunis in Miami.

 

Thompson reportedly stormed out of the hearing after Tunis refused to let him read a lengthy objection aloud. Tunis, acting as referee on behalf of the Florida Supreme Court, did permit Thompson to submit a copy of his objection for the record.

 

Prior to that there was apparently some disagreement between Tunis and Thompson over the placement of the podium. We're told Thompson lost that argument as well.

 

By leaving the courtroom, Thompson missed the opportunity to argue any mitigating factors to the Bar's recommendation for harsh punishment.

 

A GamePolitics reader, Nevext , apparently was present today and posted impressions in comments to this morning's preview piece on the hearing. Here's Nevext's version of events:

 

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

 

GP: Thanks much, Nevext, for that first-hand account. "Mim" would be Florida Bar prosecutor Barnaby Min. Don't invite Thompson and Min to the same party. If you're having a party...

 

 

source: gamepolitics

 

 

Lalalalalalalalalallalalalala....

[BlackKnight]

The moron was denied the chance to rant in court and stormed out. They should add a contempt charge to that and throw the book at him. What an arrogant, self-righteous asswipe this Jack Thompson is.

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

No point getting angry over it, Thompson's done, finito, history, over and out. They set him up the bomb, all his base are belong to us. Let's all just point a finger at him and laugh as hard as indirectly proportional to his actual impact on games.

[BlackKnight]

I cannot believe that he cares so much about spoiling peoples' fun.

 

In any case he hasn't been disbarred yet- the thread title is a bit misleading.

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

I cannot believe that he cares so much about spoiling peoples' fun.

 

In any case he hasn't been disbarred yet- the thread title is a bit misleading.

 

Well, he deserves all the flak he got, is getting, and will get for being an opportunistic moron. Fvck you for trying to build your lousy career on dissing games, Thompson. It's all a matter of time anyway. Let's all watch him fade into obscurity and chant with glee.