• Jonathan Lee Riches claims World of Warcraft turned his mind into “A living video game”

Jonathan Lee Riches is a South Carolina inmate that spends his time behind bars filing outrageous lawsuits. He once filed a suit claiming Venus and Serena Williams wanted to eat his head, and another where he said Barry Bonds used Hank Aaron’s bat to crack the Liberty Bell. He’s filed against Bill Belichick, Michael Vick, and Jeff Gordon along with Steve Jobs and President Bush.

In his latest attempt to sue somebody or something Riches is targeting online game World of Warcraft.

From The Register:

“World of Warcraft caused Riches mind to live in a virtual universe, where Riches explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cyber monster rival hacker gangs,” the filing asserts.

“Riches was addicted to video games and lost touch with reality because of defendants. This caused Riches to commit fraud to buy defendant’s video games.”

He adds that he chose World of Warcraft over “working a legit job” and that his “mind became a living video game.”

You can check out Riches’ entire motion here if you’re in the mood to read through the handwritten ramblings of a madman. But don’t completely rule out everything he’s saying.

Take admitted World of Warcraft junkie Curt Schilling. From the outside looking in it seems that Schill’s mind is in a virtual universe where he thinks we give a damn about his every thought. And with his Copernicus video game Curt has chosen video games over working a legit job. I hope Riches’ case makes it to court and he calls Curt Schilling as his first witness.