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Jack Thompson permanently disbarred
Matt Jancaitis
September 25, 2008 2:13 PM ET in Tech
The oft-maligned, somewhat insane protector of the nation’s children and sworn enemy of all videogames has seen another chapter in his life close, as the Supreme Court of Florida has upheld Judge Dava Tunis’ recommendation that Jack Thompson be permanently disbarred from practicing law in Florida. This comes after a rather testy hearing in Judge Tunis’ court in which Thompson referred to her as a “referee” and a “raving wild woman,” and stated he didn’t believe Judge Tunis even had the competency to preside at his hearing.
This is the same character, you might recall, that filed photographs of men having sex in a court brief. Some other fun excursions with Jack:
As part of a dispute with Florida radio personality Neil Rogers, Thompson spent eight months recording every broadcast Rogers made, eventually documenting 40,000 individual on-air mentions of his name. 40,000. Based on a previous agreement with the radio station, he claimed that saying Jack Thompson 40,000 times was worth $200 million and sued for that amount….
At a campaign event, he presented Reno with a letter asking her to indicate, publicly, whether she was homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual. In response, according to Thompson, Reno put her hand on his shoulder and replied, “I’m only interested in virile men. That’s why I’m not interested in you.” Thompson filed a police report accusing her of battery for touching him.
In 1992, facing disbarment over allegations that he lied in accusations against fellow lawyer Stuart Grossman, Thompson admitted violating Bar rules of professional conduct and agreed to pay a $3,000 fine and receive a public reprimand. In spite of this admission, however, he asked a Florida judge later that same year to declare the Bar Association unconstitutional, claiming it was engaged in a vendetta against him because its pro-gay, liberal agenda conflicted with his religious beliefs.
These and others courtesy of The Escapist, who have kindly chronicled many of his exploits.
This ruling doesn’t necessarily stop him from praticing laws in other states if he can get certified by their bars, and Kotaku notes that Thompson can still get a retrial if a Florida bar member in good standing requests it, but one has to think that even they’re tired of him by now.
We’ve surely not heard the last of Jack Thompson, methinks.
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