Court upholds Alex Jones sanctions in Sandy Hook case

[JonLP24]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a sanction against Infowars host Alex Jones over an angry outburst on his web show against an attorney for relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who are suing him for defamation.

The court issued a 7-0 decision rejecting Jones' claims that his comments aimed at attorney Christopher Mattei were protected by free speech rights, and upholding a lower court's ruling that Jones violated numerous orders to turn over documents to the families' lawyers.

The lower court judge barred Jones from filing a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, as a penalty for his actions.

The families of eight victims of the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, and an FBI agent who responded to the massacre are suing Jones, Infowars and others for promoting a theory that the shooting was a hoax. A 20-year-old gunman killed 20 first-graders, six educators and himself at the school, after having killed his mother at their Newtown home.

https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/court-upholds-alex-jones-sanctions-202256685.html?__twitter_impression=true

[struggle4progress]

1. Such a charming man; pity how he suffers so much so often. What happened here?

I think the following is approximately right

Jones claimed Sandy Hook was a hoax. Families sued for defamation. Jones argued his comments were protected by first amendment but lost that round. Jones later argued he was wrong but psychotic; he lost that round too. Families aimed to discover his marketing and other internal documents; he repeatedly refused; they finally won that round. Jones turned over a bunch of emails that included some child pornography then in public falsely accused plaintiff's attorney of sending the material. Court sanctions followed; he appealed but has now lost

https://firstamendmentwatch.org/deep-dive/alex-jones-infowars-and-the-sandy-hook-defamation-suits/

That's just one of the lawsuits

A Texas suit has sometimes been fun to watch too:

Alex Jones must pay legal fees for ‘frivolous’ Sandy Hook appeal
By Jonathan Tilove
Posted Mar 26, 2020 at 7:33 PM
... “The latest ruling from the Texas Court of Appeals shows that InfoWars continues to waste everyone’s time with factual misrepresentations and frivolous arguments,” said Houston attorney Mark Bankston, who is representing Heslin and Sandy Hook parents in two other lawsuits against Jones and InfoWars. “It is rare to see a legal defense so incompetent and disrespectful to the rule of law that it causes a defendant to rack up $150,000 in fines during preliminary motions before even reaching trial” ...

[BigmanPigman]

3. Will he ever admit he is is a LOSER

or will he go through a zillion more court cases to prove the same thing?

[mnmoderatedem]

7. I'll never understand those who claim things like this are protected free speech

Free speech means the government cannot censure what you say. it says nothing about being held liable for what you say.

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Supreme Court of Connecticut!

[True Blue American]

5. A little tidbit here.

The Attorney on that case is Susan Bankston’s Son. Her blog is Juanita Jean. The replacement for Molly Ivins!

[Cha]

6. Oh wow.. TY TBA! We have a member here in Texas

who is friends with Juanita Jean.. I'm pretty sure.

Thank you for that!

[True Blue American]

8. Her blog is so full of Texas dirty tricks.

I saw her on CSPAN long ago and post on her site at the Beauty Salon occasionally.

Her husband just became a Judge. I think they call the Son Bubba!

[Boomerproud]

4. Get him to pay up. It's been knocking around the

courts for years. Justice for Sandy Hook parents!

[spanone]

9. THE COURT ISSUED A 7-0 DECISION REJECTING JONES CLAIM.

Who's throwing their money away supporting this bullshit?