PtP
08-11-2005, 09:42 PM
Jack Thompson fights to get his day in court (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=12774) describes a motion being considered by the courts to have attorney Jack Thompson removed from the trial for his latest anti-gaming crusade, a motion that also asks for the revocation of Thompson's legal license.
At issue is Thompson's violation of a gag order imposed in the case, in which "Thompson is representing the families of two police officers and a dispatcher who were murdered by 18 year old Devin Moore in June 2003.
In a lawsuit filed against Sony, Take-Two, Rockstar, Wal-Mart and GameStop, Thompson claims that Grand Theft Auto trained Moore to become a killer." Controversial lawyer exits GTA case on GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/grandtheftauto3/news.html?sid=6139347) is a subsequent story based on a Game Politics (http://www.gamepolitics.com/index.htm) report saying that Thomson has removed himself from the case, though he insists he was not pressured to do so:
At issue is Thompson's violation of a gag order imposed in the case, in which "Thompson is representing the families of two police officers and a dispatcher who were murdered by 18 year old Devin Moore in June 2003.
In a lawsuit filed against Sony, Take-Two, Rockstar, Wal-Mart and GameStop, Thompson claims that Grand Theft Auto trained Moore to become a killer." Controversial lawyer exits GTA case on GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/grandtheftauto3/news.html?sid=6139347) is a subsequent story based on a Game Politics (http://www.gamepolitics.com/index.htm) report saying that Thomson has removed himself from the case, though he insists he was not pressured to do so: