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Jack Thompson pays Florida Bar $42K

by Alexander Sliwinski on Nov 20th 2008 10:10AM

Former anti-games attorney Jack Thompson has paid $42,525 to the Florida Bar, reports GamePolitics. The figure represents the Bar's cost to prosecute Thompson during his disbarment proceedings. So, not only was he disbarred, but Thompson ended up paying the people that took away his livelihood.

The real beauty in this story is how the information became public. The Florida Bar didn't leak this -- it was John Bruce Thompson himself that sent out an e-mail this morning, complaining the Florida Supreme Court hadn't yet cashed the check. Even while teetering on the precipice of irrelevance, Thompson still makes a good story.

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Tags: disbarment, disbarred, florida, florida-bar, jack-thompson

Reader Comments (39)

Jack Thompson is so disbarred, he can only watch the first half of Law & Order.

but he can watch ALL of CSI

[miscellaneous Matlock reference]

I know that we all hate Jack Thompson, but this still sucks.

... why?

You get fired, then have to pay $42K for getting fired, paid to the people who fired you? That sucks.

Thats the way it works when you get disbarred. You think the tax payers should pay to prosecute an officer of their courts who then abuses them? I don't. Of course, I also don't plan on being disbarred.

You realize this isn't at all like some random guy getting laid off, right? He was disbarred because of his own actions. There's nothing to pity, because he's just a jerk who acted like an idiot and is now being held accountable for that.

There is a difference between getting disbarred and getting fired. You get fired when your client and you can no longer see eye to eye and he or she wants different representation. You get disbarred for serious lapses that violate the canons of ethics of the profession- and I mean *serious* ethical lapses. I know attorneys who have been convicted of Federal crimes who have their licenses. At any rate, this is so far away from sucking that you'd need a rocket just to get there- this means that he just can't fire off ridiculous lawsuit after lawsuit on his own just to get attention like a three year old setting his pants ablaze. There is absolutely nothing sucky about that.

I hereby retract my statement. I've been thoroughly educated on this matter now (pwned, if you will), and hereby apologize for my comment. I guess I didn't quite understand how it all worked.

Suck it, Jack. You're getting what you deserve.

someone frame this, it's the rare "internet apology"
i honestly thought those were extinct

The only thing that sucks about this situation is that it didn't happen sooner.

Awesome. Kicking a man while hes down is wrong, but Jack proves he is not human. So kick away!

I'm pretty sure that's par for the course with disbarment's

"Costs can be assessed against the Respondent when the Bar is successful in whole or part unless shown that the costs of the Bar were unnecessary, excessive, improperly authenticated." Rule 3-7.6(o)(3).

Duke, are you implying that $42k isn't enough? I agree, they should charge him $84k.

2K should go to Rockstar.

Get it? GET IT?

Good one!

Somehow I think he'll use this in his future arguments. He's going to try and set himself up as a martyr.

Does this mean we can nail him to a cross?

He'll make back that money with interest as a martyr on the talk show circuit.

Bill O'Reily is probably sending a limo over right now.

Sad, sad man. He brought this crap on himself.

$42k: The answer to life, the universe, and disbarment.

needs moar dolphins

"So long, and thanks for all the laughs"

The book was MUCH better.

It always is. (But Alan Rickman was a great Marvin, if in voice only.)

A small price to pay for blaming fucking video games for murders

WHAT KINDA IDIOT.... nvm. He already got what's coming to him, Levi... The idiot lost for once... clam down... *woooo!*...

[nelson]HA HA..[/nelson]

Thompson is just trying to get attention now. Stop giving it to him. We hate him, we don't love to hate him.

Oh yes, we do.

I almost feel bad for him.....almost. ;)

You took the words right out of my mouth. That was basically going to be my exact post, minus a couple ellipses and the ;).

That picture looks like Leo Laporte on a 7 day bender.

Good call, haha.

Go to gamepolitics.com for all your jack Thompson and other game controversey and otehr game-related issues for the community.

anyway, Jack is getting what he get for bitchin with us gamers. LOL

I wonder how many realize now he is unemployed and has more free time to bitch at video games?

"Former."

:D

While we are all here pissing on the grave that is Jack's career, can I just say, "I love you guys."

*group hug*

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