Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the greatest legal show you will ever witness!!! Here, within this very courtroom, you will watch a deranged, misguided, and utterly baffling lawyer tackle the Florida Bar in what could be the funniest trial you will ever see!! You will see: Logic defying arguements, personal attacks upon witnesses, C.U.N.T.F.L.A.P.S., and more all for the price of ONE ticket!! That's right ladies and gentlemen, BigPopaGamer is proud to present to you.......Jack Thompson: On Trial.
For those of you that haven't been keeping up, and I just caught up today, the trial of Jack Thompson went on in November of last year. It was a nine-day trial that still has no decision. Our friends over at
GamePolitics have been releasing parts of the trial transcripts on their website, more specifically, the transcripts relating to the prosecution witnesses that are related to ol' JT's video game cases. I would encourage you all to go over there and read it and since I do not want to plagiarize, or take anything away from their page views, I will only be giving you a quick background on what each transcript is talking about and the best lines from each one. So, let's start the show!!
The first witness to take center stage is an Alabama lawyer named Clatus Junkin(now that's a bit of a tongue-twister). He was involved in the 2005 case of
Strickland vs. Sony. If you don't remember that case, an 18-year-old gamer named Devin Moore killed three police officers. Guess what game he had been playing? Yep,
Grand Theft Auto, JT's old nemesis. The presiding Judge for that case was the Honorable James Moore, we will see him a little bit later. The brunt of the cross-examination by JT was to try to get Mr. Junkin to admit to being a lawyer that could 'fix' cases before Judge Moore. Imagine the outrage this caused.
Here is the link to GP's
transcript. Head on over to GP and see for yourself.
Now I'm going to show you some of the funnier and more ridiculous questions and answers between JT, Clatus Junkin(CJ in the transcript).
Watch the drama unfold!
JT: Do you know how much money I have earned from all these video games cases?
CJ: No.
JT: Would it surprise you to know it’s zero?
CJ: Well… Don’t say you’re doing it for the good of the community.
JT: I shouldn’t say that?
CJ: You were very much interested in the amount of money that was going to be collected… because you did not want to retain me for 10 percent… you thought that was an outrageous sum…
Ha ha! JT caught with his pants down, and over money this time.
JT: Do you recall my cursing at you?
CJ: I do not recall you cursing…
JT: In fact, I told you to “go fuck yourself,” didn’t I?
CJ: You may have…
JT: I can assure you I said that… Do you recall any harsh words or any reason for harsh words between you and me?
Please, can someone explain to me why JT is trying to make himself look like an asshole and unprofessional in a Courtroom by getting a witness to agree that JT told him to fuck himself? Jeez.
CJ: I despise you… You understand that?
JT: Yes, I understand that. Thank you for admitting that it colors all of your testimony.
CJ: No, it doesn’t color any of my testimony…
HA HA HA HA. I snorted coffee out of my nose when I read this line.
Well that's all for today kids. Check back tomorrow as we look at the transcript from Alabama Judge James Moore, who threw JT off of the
Strickland v. Sony case. See you tomorrow!!
LOL! Unfortunantly I had to tell the head of my company I said that about a co-worker one time...
No Jacky boy, it wouldn't surprise any of us. You fucking fail.