Thompson withdraws from Grand Theft Auto lawsuit
Controversial lawyer pulls out.
Anti-videogames campaigner Jack Thompson has withdrawn from the Grand Theft Auto lawsuit filed against retailers and publishers following accusations that he violated legal ethics.
"The other side wants to make me the issue," Thompson told US website GamePolitics.
"The important thing is that the clients be served."
Thompson had been representing the families of two police officers and a dispatcher murdered by an 18 year old who he claimed was "trained" to kill by GTA. He recently appeared in court to defend his right to practice law after attorneys from Blank Rome, the firm representing the defendants in the case, filed a motion to have his license revoked.
Thompson dismissed suggestions that he had taken the decision to withdraw following pressure from Judge James Moore.
"It was my idea," he said, affirming that the suit would continue despite his withdrawal. There are three other lawyers working on the case, Thompson said, including his long time colleague Ray Reiser.
"I got [Reiser] to the edge of the Promised Land. We'll see if he goes in," he added.
Judge Moore has yet to announce his decision on the second motion filed by the defendants, which argues that the entire suit should be dismissed since the First Amendment's freedom of speech provisions apply to videogames.
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HE'S BEEN PLAYING FINAL FANTASY VII THE HYPOCRITE
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Thank you Judge Moore.
Hopefully knock some sense into him when he hits the floor.
He's still got round 2 to go yet: Bully
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A.
Cock.
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What, in a South Park style dance off?
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I know. Makes me wish I was a laywer.
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This eensie-weensie spider hopefully won't be climbing up the spout again...
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Read as: I've done all the hard work! Me! Not him! Me! And if it all goes tits up, it'll be his fault! His! Not mine! His!
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Ha.
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"What, in a South Park style dance off? "
Ssshh, before you know it, he'll be using the wookie tactic....
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Well, no matter what "side" you're on (and you really shouldn't be picking one) video game violence needs to be addressed in a level headed way. Thompson was making a circus out of it, meaning it couldn't be.
Thompson isn't the enemy. He's just a wanker.