." ▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ▁the ▁murder , ▁later - dis bar red ▁American ▁att orney ▁Jack ▁Thompson , ▁who ▁has ▁campaign ed ▁against ▁violence ▁in ▁video ▁games , ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁written ▁to ▁Rock star ▁after ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁released , ▁warning ▁them ▁that ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁could ▁insp ire ▁copy cat ▁kill ings ; ▁" I ▁wrote ▁warning ▁them ▁that ▁somebody ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁copy cat ▁the ▁Manh unt ▁game ▁and ▁kill ▁somebody . ▁We ▁have ▁had ▁do z ens ▁of ▁kill ings ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁by ▁children ▁who ▁had ▁played ▁these ▁types ▁of ▁games . ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁an ▁isolated ▁incident . ▁These ▁types ▁of ▁games ▁are ▁basically ▁murder ▁sim ul ators . ▁There ▁are ▁people ▁being ▁killed ▁over ▁here ▁almost ▁on ▁a ▁daily ▁basis ". ▁So on ▁there after , ▁the ▁P ake er ah ▁family ▁h ired ▁Thompson ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁su ing ▁Sony ▁Computer ▁Entertainment ▁( S CE ) ▁and ▁Rock star ▁Games ▁for ▁£ 5 0 ▁million ▁in ▁a ▁wrong ful ▁death ▁claim . ▁ ▁However , ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁that ▁Thompson ▁was ▁h ired , ▁the ▁police ▁officially ▁denied ▁any ▁link ▁between ▁the ▁game ▁and ▁the ▁murder , ▁cit ing ▁drug - related ▁rob ber y ▁as ▁the ▁mot ive ▁and ▁reve aling ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁had ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁P ake er ah ' s ▁bed room , ▁not ▁Leb l anc ' s , ▁as ▁originally ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁media . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁sp