Jack Thompson, the US attorney and anti-video games activist, has been permanently disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court. This follows an approval from the Supreme Court for a recommendation to permanently disbar Thompson in July and includes an order for Thompson to pay legal fees amounting to nearly $45,000.

Thompson’s response was to send a press release to Kotaku stating that, “This past Friday Thompson filed a federal civil rights action against The Bar, the Supreme Court, and all seven of its Justices. This rush to disbarment is in retribution for the filing of that federal suit.”

In light of the warnings Thompson has been given in the past few years that he has come to the fore - including a reprimand by Judge Ronald Friedman in 2006 stating that he found statements made by Thompson “unprofessional and contemptible” – we think it was a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ it would come to this.