NAMES IN THE NEWS : Thompson Eggs On His Foes

“Gonzo” journalist Hunter S. Thompson says he’s tired after his near-miss with a drug trial, though he believes he would have crushed the prosecution “like rotten eggs.”

“It was going to be fun,” Thompson said this week after eating a 3 p.m. breakfast at the Woody Creek Tavern. “We were going to cut them into small chunks and slivers.”

Four felony drug and explosives charges and three misdemeanor charges against Thompson were dropped last week.

Thompson, 53, was charged after Gail Palmer-Slater, a former producer of pornographic films, accused him of grabbing her breast and throwing a drink at her when she visited his home Feb. 21 to interview him for a story she planned to write.

Prosecutors decided they didn’t have enough evidence to convict him.

“Frankly, I’m suffering a letdown,” Thompson said. “I was just getting in the mood to get on their level. We would have crushed them like eggs, rotten eggs.”