Supreme Court nixes Alex Jones' appeal in Newtown shooting case

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News/The Associated Press


Jones was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

April 5, 2021, 12:09 PM EDT

By The Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Jones was penalized in 2019 by a trial court judge for an angry outburst on his web show against an attorney for the relatives and for violating numerous orders to turn over documents to the families' lawyers. Judge Barbara Bellis barred Jones from filing a motion to dismiss the case, which remains pending, and said she would order Jones to pay some of the families' legal fees.

Jones argued he should not have been sanctioned for exercising his free speech rights. The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld Bellis' ruling last year.

The families and an FBI agent who responded to the shooting, which left 20 first-graders and six educators dead, are suing Jones and his show over claims that the massacre was a hoax. The families said they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-nixes-alex-jones-appeal-newtown-shooting-case-n1263057

[efhmc]

1. Makes my heart rebreak to think of the evil meanness of Jones and his followers and the continued

harm they do those families.

[modrepub]

2. Breaks My Heart

about how long Jones has evaded any justice for his actions.

[Mysterian]

3. Jones and his followers are scum of the Earth

I hope he is left penniless.

[Upthevibe]

4. He's a monster....n/t

[twodogsbarking]

5. Is he even human?

I wonder.

[Lord Ludd]

12. Here's your answer

Cue @3:26 (IMO Voigt's best role & performance)

Epilog title at final fade-out:

"No beast so fierce, but hath some touch of pity."
"But I know none, and therefore am no beast."
--Wm. Shakespeare, Richard III

[3Hotdogs]

6. --- and the Sun shines a little brighter today.

[ShazzieB]

7. It's nice to know that

Chump didn't succeed in making the SCOTUS totally useless.

Then again, there's that old saying about stopped clocks....

[KS Toronado]

8. For the simple fact that.....

families have been subjected to harassment and death threats, tells us what the reQublican party is really about.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Isn't THAT a sad fact........

and to think that there are SO many of them - terrifying to think that they live amongst us - and have rights to vote (and 'control' the vote) - we have SO much work to do......

[riversedge]

10. Great news. suck it up Jones.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Too bad Jones