Closing arguments begin to determine how much Jones pays for persuading his audience about the lie that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.
A third such trial, also in Texas, involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year. He has cited free speech rights, but he and his lawyer were not allowed to make that argument during the trial because he already had been found liable. Outside the courthouse and on his show, he has repeatedly bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court” and an effort to put him out of business. Mattei tied that dollar amount to the estimated 550 million views of the Sandy Hook content on Jones and Infowars’ social media accounts from 2012 to 2018 – an estimate provided by a plaintiffs’ expert witness who said he reviewed the content. They sued Jones for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by profiting off the hoax lies. “The threats, the harassment, the fear, the allegations of actors, when every single one of these families were drowning in grief.
A lawyer for families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Thursday urged a Connecticut jury to hold conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ...
The trial was marked by weeks of anguished testimony from the families, who filled the gallery each day and took turns recounting how Jones’ lies about Sandy Hook compounded their grief. Jones’ lawyer, Norman Pattis, countered during his closing argument that the plaintiffs had shown scant evidence of quantifiable losses. Jurors were sent home after an hour of deliberations Thursday and will resume them on Friday.
As a result of Jones' statements about Sandy Hook, one victim's father said conspiracists threatened to dig up his boy's grave to prove the shooting never ...
The gunman also killed his mother ahead of the school shooting and killed himself when police arrived, according to officials. The December 2012 shooting in Newtown killed 20 first-graders and six teachers and school staff. “But that’s where we are.”
A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at ...
Outside the courthouse and on his web show, he has repeatedly bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court" and an effort to put him out of business. A third such trial, also in Texas, involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year. In an unusual ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones had forfeited his right to a trial as a consequence of repeated violations of court orders and failures to turn over documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers. As a community-supported public media service, Connecticut Public has relied on donor support for more than 50 years. Your donation today will allow us to continue this work on your behalf. They sued Jones for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by profiting off the hoax lies.
A lawyer representing family members of the victims of Sandy Hook said Thursday that Infowars founder Alex Jones was responsible for defamation on a ...
His actions were consistently obstructive and reflected a “stunningly cavalier” attitude toward his legal obligations, the judge has said. At one point, Bellis interrupted Pattis and told him to stop insulting the plaintiffs’ lawyers. “I’ve already said I’m sorry hundreds of times, and I’m done saying I’m sorry.” Jones has repeatedly and vociferously criticized the trial. Because that is the only way he will stop.” Now, the parents of Newtown are fighting back.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/first-they-lost-their-children-then-the-conspiracies-started-now-the-parents-of-newtown-are-fighting-back/2019/07/08/f167b880-9cef-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_11)
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A jury began deliberations Thursday to decide how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for pushing the lie that the ...
A third such trial, also in Texas, involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year. In an unusual ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis said Jones had forfeited his right to a trial as a consequence of repeated violations of court orders and failures to turn over documents to the plaintiffs’ lawyers. He has cited free speech rights, but he and his lawyer were not allowed to make that argument during the trial because he already had been found liable. However, he [declined to put on a defense](https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-defense-defamation-trial-27703dca0c3f1c6c4636ff90dd33e843) Wednesday, and his lawyers rested with putting on evidence or witnesses. Outside the courthouse and on his show, Jones has repeatedly bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court” and an effort to put him out of business. Mattei tied that dollar amount to the estimated 550 million views of the Sandy Hook content on Jones and Infowars’ social media accounts from 2012 to 2018 — an estimate provided by a plaintiffs’ expert witness who said he reviewed the content. “Alex Jones is not (shooter) Adam Lanza.” They sued Jones for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by profiting off the hoax lies. “Kill Alex and we’ll all live happily ever after. “The threats, the harassment, the fear, the allegations of actors, when every single one of these families were drowning in grief. She told them to use their life experiences and common sense in determining damages that are “fair, just and reasonable.” “Because you know damn well he doesn’t get it.”
A six-member panel in Connecticut will decide how much the Infowars host owes to the families of shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary after he was ...
Mr. “What do we do if somebody shows up?” Mr. Jones singled out Mr. Norm Pattis, Mr. Jones must pay the families in compensatory and punitive damages. Jones’s lawyer, portrayed Mr. For years Mr. “Sympathy, bias and emotion don’t play a role in damages,” Mr. Rather, he asked them to assign a dollar amount to each lie Mr. “This is their one chance, and your one chance — your one chance — to render a verdict on just how much devastation Alex Jones has caused.” Jones and his followers, who believed the families were complicit in the plot. — Jury deliberations began late Thursday in the damages trial of the Infowars fabulist Alex Jones, who defamed the families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and unleashed years of abuse and threats against them from people who believed Mr.
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in a trial to determine how much Infowars host Alex Jones should ...
In an unusual ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis said Jones had forfeited his right to a trial as a consequence of repeated violations of court orders and failures to turn over documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers. He has cited free speech rights, but he and his lawyer were not allowed to make that argument during the trial because he already had been found liable. A third such trial, also in Texas, involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year. However, he declined to put on a defense Wednesday, and his lawyers rested with putting on evidence or witnesses. Outside the courthouse and on his show, Jones has repeatedly bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court” and an effort to put him out of business. Mattei tied that dollar amount to the estimated 550 million views of the Sandy Hook content on Jones and Infowars' social media accounts from 2012 to 2018 — an estimate provided by a plaintiffs' expert witness who said he reviewed the content. They sued Jones for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by profiting off the hoax lies. “Alex Jones is not (shooter) Adam Lanza.” “The threats, the harassment, the fear, the allegations of actors, when every single one of these families were drowning in grief. She told them to use their life experiences and common sense in determining damages that are “fair, just and reasonable.” “Because you know damn well he doesn’t get it.” Since the trial began Sept.
Judge Barbara Bellis addresses attorney Norm Pattis in Connecticut Superior Court on September 23, 2022.Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, ...
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An attorney representing plaintiffs in a Sandy Hook defamation trial against Alex Jones argued for $500 million in damages.
I've already said I'm sorry hundreds of times and I'm done saying I'm sorry," Jones said. "As these families were living out their daily lives Alex Jones was waiting to pounce," Mattei said. "He built a lie machine," Mattei said. "Is this a struggle session? You heard nothing about a lost wage. In his closing argument Thursday, Mattei told the jurors that Jones built an argument based on "fear, anger and demonization" that the 2012 mass shooting was a hoax so his loyal audience would buy products he was selling.
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — For a decade, the parents and siblings of people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have been tormented and h...
So if the jury says Jones should pay punitive damages, he would potentially have to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Sandy Hook families’ lawyers’ costs. Punitive damages are meant to punish a person for their conduct. In her instructions to the jury, Judge Barbara Bellis said there are no mathematical formulas for determining dollar amounts. The jury’s job is to decide how much he owes for harming the people who sued him over his lies. Jones, who lives in Austin, Texas, could be ordered to pay as little as $1 to each plaintiff or potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to them. His lawyers also say the 15 plaintiffs have exaggerated stories about being subjected to threats and abuse.
A Connecticut jury has begun deliberations in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary ...
A third such trial, also in Texas, involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year. In an unusual ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis said Jones had forfeited his right to a trial as a consequence of repeated violations of court orders and failures to turn over documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers. He has cited free speech rights, but he and his lawyer were not allowed to make that argument during the trial because he already had been found liable. However, he [declined to put on a defense](https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-defense-defamation-trial-27703dca0c3f1c6c4636ff90dd33e843) Wednesday, and his lawyers rested with putting on evidence or witnesses. Mattei tied that dollar amount to the estimated 550 million views of the Sandy Hook content on Jones and Infowars' social media accounts from 2012 to 2018 — an estimate provided by a plaintiffs' expert witness who said he reviewed the content. Outside the courthouse and on his show, Jones has repeatedly bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court” and an effort to put him out of business. “Alex Jones is not (shooter) Adam Lanza.” They sued Jones for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by profiting off the hoax lies. “Kill Alex and we'll all live happily ever after. “The threats, the harassment, the fear, the allegations of actors, when every single one of these families were drowning in grief. She told them to use their life experiences and common sense in determining damages that are “fair, just and reasonable.” “Because you know damn well he doesn’t get it.”
A lawyer for the families of eight people killed and an FBI agent who responded to the mass shooting told jurors in closing arguments that Jones started lying ...
A third such trial, also in Texas, involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year. In an unusual ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis said Jones had forfeited his right to a trial as a consequence of repeated violations of court orders and failures to turn over documents to the plaintiffs' lawyers. He has cited free speech rights, but he and his lawyer were not allowed to make that argument during the trial because he already had been found liable. However, he [declined to put on a defense](https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-defense-defamation-trial-27703dca0c3f1c6c4636ff90dd33e843) Wednesday, and his lawyers rested with putting on evidence or witnesses. Mattei tied that dollar amount to the estimated 550 million views of the Sandy Hook content on Jones and Infowars' social media accounts from 2012 to 2018 — an estimate provided by a plaintiffs' expert witness who said he reviewed the content. Outside the courthouse and on his show, Jones has repeatedly bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court” and an effort to put him out of business. They sued Jones for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violating Connecticut’s unfair trade practices law by profiting off the hoax lies. “Alex Jones is not (shooter) Adam Lanza.” “Kill Alex and we'll all live happily ever after. “The threats, the harassment, the fear, the allegations of actors, when every single one of these families were drowning in grief. She told them to use their life experiences and common sense in determining damages that are “fair, just and reasonable.” “Because you know damn well he doesn’t get it.”