14 DAY TRIAL // After Jack Thompson tried to do anything legally possible to stop the sale of Rockstar's video game, Bully, Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive representatives decided to strike back.
According to gaming legislation news site, GamePolitcs, Take-Two lawyers have filed a motion to have Jack Thompson judged for contempt of court. If the anti-gaming lawyer is found guilty, he could face censure, fines and could even be thrown in jail.
Thompson tried over and over again to postpone the release of Bully and he even wanted to prevent the sale of Bully in Florida. The lawyer even asked for a copy of Bully in advance, in order for him to view it and to determine if the game is mild enough for the eyes and minds of Florida children (the same state in which Scarface "took care of business"-I bet none of the kids in Florida know who Scarface is, or even what he does for a living). His request for a copy of the Rockstar title was accepted and even that did not please him.
Finally, Judge Ronald Friedman of the Florida Court reviewed the Rockstar title and decided it was OK to be shipped to stores. But he added that he wouldn't want his children to play that game.
Take-Two decided to strike back and asked Philadelphia law firm Blank-Rome to file a "Petition for Order to Show Cause", petition which forces Jack Thompson to show to a judge why he should not be held in contempt. Blank-Rome lawyers specify in their petition that Thompson half-truths relied on hate-talk in the argumentation of his case.