Courts in Connecticut and Texas are holding trials to determine how much radio host Alex Jones owes the families people who were killed in the Sandy Hook shooting, who won defamation cases against him. His company filed for bankruptcy Friday. Vinoo Vargh
Alex Jones Makes 1st Appearance Outside Sandy Hook Trial More The Associated Press Norman Pattis, attorney for Alex Jones, in discussion with Brittany Paz, a Connecticut lawyer hired by Jones to testify about his companies' operations, during the Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in ...
Jones appealed to the Connecticut Supreme Court. MORE: Alex Jones found liable in lawsuit brought by parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims "The defendant in this case is Alex Jones, and, to many, that is reason enough to uphold any fine or sanction. But the law, our l...
"The loss of this evidence prejudices plaintiffs' case because InfoWars deleted social media and video evidence related to the Sandy Hook shooting," the filing argued. "This evidence could have established key elements of plaintiffs' defamation claim." A similar defamation lawsuit against Jo...
“This case arises out of accusations by InfoWars in the summer of 2017 that plaintiff was lying about whether he actually held his son’s body and observed a bullet hole in his head. He calls Jones out for a “heartless and vile act ofdefamation” that promulgated “the Sandy Hook '...
Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial over his false comments that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. Jury selection began Monday.
Jones' lawyers have denied violating court rules on document disclosure and have asked that Bellis be removed from the case, alleging she has not been impartial. A Texas judge recently issued similar rulings against Jones in three defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook families in that st...
Jonestook the stand Tuesday and Wednesdayin his own defense. Here’s a look at how the case relates to the First Amendment: ARE ALL DEFAMATION LAWSUITS FIRST AMENDMENT CASES? They are. Defamation laws evolved through decades of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on what is and isn’t protected sp...
The parents contend that Jones had made them part of the Sandy Hook conspiracy in what is one of two defamation lawsuits that the Infowars host is trying to throw out this week. On Thursday, his attorneys will also ask for the dismissal of another case brought by a man falsely identified...
of lawsuits filed late Monday, the parents of two children who died in the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, say Jones’ repeated lies and conspiratorial ravings have led to death threats. The suits join at least two other recent cases accusing the Infowars host of defamation. ...