Take 2 and JT Kiss And Make Up... Sort Of
Hot on the heels of his unsubstantiated accusations about the connection of video games and the VT shootings, outspoken attorney Jack Thompson has settled with GTA publisher Take 2 games. According to GamePolitics, Take 2 has dropped the Bully contempt of court case and the recent federal case brought in response to Thompson's repeated threats to block sales of Manhunt 2 and GTA IV.
Thompson in turn has dropped his counter suit against Take 2 and various media outlets with it's outrageous claims of racketeering and conspiracy. In addition, Thompson has agreed that he:
1.) will not sue or threaten to sue to block sale or distribution of any game published by Take Two or its subsidiaries (i.e., Rockstar).2.) will not communicate to Take Two or anyone doing business with T2 (like, say Wal-Mart) any accusation that the company committed any wrongdoing by selling its games. Thompson is not restricted from criticizing the content of T2 games, nor is he prevented from acting as counsel in lawsuits brought against Take Two by other parties
3.) will make any future contacts with T2 through its attorneys
All of this comes the night before the Bully contempt of court case was to have a hearing that could have led to Thompson being disbarred or even jailed. While I'm glad things worked out to an agreeable end, I sure would have loved to have seen that pompous bastard get what's coming to him. But, I guess I can be satisfied with knowing he's essentially had his legal balls cut off as far as Take 2 is concerned. Now if we could just get someone to sew his big ugly yap shut...
BREAKING - GTA Publisher, Jack Thompson Settle Lawsuit [GamePolitics]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 19 April 2007
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"1.) will not sue or threaten to sue to block sale or distribution of any game published by Take Two or its subsidiaries (i.e., Rockstar)."
OMGWTFBBQ! This must be the first step in developing Rockstar's next-gen adaptation of "I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator" ;)
Now that he can't go after T2, we'll see a several-month lull before Thompson starts going after Square-Enix for their "murder simulators that teach guys to be homosexuals" simulators.
He still needs his license yanked, his conduct both in and out of game related things has been horrific
How does Take 2 drop a contempt of court case? Isn't the entire point of the charge that the court is the entity pursuing the contempt charges?