It looks like the loopy disbarred lawyer Jack Thompson just can't help himself. For those unfamiliar with his plight, he's been a thorn in the side of the gaming industry for years. Before he got his law license revoked he was known to launch crusades against video game violence.

Now, license-less and listless, Jack Thompson decides to sue an even bigger party. Facebook. The suit is for $120 million dollars...

Here's just a bit of background on Jack, he would always sue big companies like Rockstar for making GTA and Bully, calling them “public nuisances.” The courtroom even became tired of his antics. According to Law.com, they found Jack guilty on 27 counts of "using means that have no purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third person."

Back to the present, as we all know, there are many types of Facebook groups out there.. and yes, some can be quite inane: The “I Love Fuzzy Pipe cleaners” group has 23,000 members! Even though I made that up, it doesn't mean these no-purpose groups don't exist... and they have every right to.

Jack isn't angry about a Pipe Cleaners group. He's angry about the “I Hate Jack Thompson” group and Facebook's refusal to take the group down. Is it worth 120 million dollars in what Jack calls "intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress?” C'mon, my soul isn't even worth that much.

"The suit is without merit and we will fight it vigorously," read a statement released by Facebook. Hats off to you, Facebook.

With no real case and no real ground to stand on, he even compared his Facebook group (with all of 1,500 members) to a FB Poll with the question: “Should President Barack Obama should be assassinated?” This poll was obviously taken down as soon as FB discovered it.
 

I can't wait to see how this all shakes down. If you were the judge hearing his case, what would be your ruling?

 

 

Source: Bloomberg

 

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klasco

if he really wanted it down he could of just sued them to take it down rather than sue them for money then he might have a slight case. 120million dollars! well at least some other real lawyers will get paid.

infinityshark

The sad part is, I'm sure there's already a job waiting for him at Fox News...

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klasco

@infinityshark oh god, i hope not but what's worse it's not hard to imagine.

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ShadokatRegn

From now on, whenever somebody flames me on the internet I am going to make an attempt to sue them for ungodly amounts of money under the "What Would Jack Thompson Do?" revised Bill of Rights.

Mr_Wrong

I totally joined that group after seeing this. Its up to 2,047 members now.

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Nixie

That's what I was going to say.. what people resist, persists! It's the Barbara Streisand syndrome - more and more people will join the group as soon as they find out it's in debate. Good for you! =D

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totcm

I thought that Jack Thompson had to have another attorney file stuff for him due to getting disbarred ... so where is this filed and who was the quack-pot attorney that filed it? It should be quickly dismissed and hopefully hit Jack with some attorney fees from the Facebook side.

Ninja_of_Sound

disbarment is specific to regions one can be disbarred from some courts, while still being a member of the bar in another jurisdiction. -taken from my criminal law text-

so he can still practice law in other courts and jurisdictions.

Lightner

@Ninja_of_Sound-I think that only applies to him being a lawyer. Since he has been disbarred, he can file as a civilian.

I want this to be thrown out of court. I heard that most of his case revolves around some threats he recieved that were put in the group.

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