Alex Jones is nuts - Alex Jones Lost Two More Sandy Hook Lawsuits
After the Infowars host failed to produce documents and evidence, a judge ruled against him in two cases brought by family members of Sandy Hook victims
By Peter Wade September 30, 2021 8:39PM ET
Alex Jones, the founder of right-wing media group Infowars, addresses a crowd of pro-Trump protesters after they storm the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has lost two lawsuits brought by family members of two victims killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, HuffPost reported. The court issued a judgment against the Infowars host because he did not produce discovery records, causing him to lose the suits by default. The rulings were issued Monday but were not made public until Thursday.
Since the 2012 school shooting, in which 20 young children and six adults were murdered, Jones has repeatedly accused Sandy Hook families of being “crisis actors,” calling the event a “giant hoax” and “false flag” operation. As a result, Jones has lost several defamation suits related to Sandy Hook. In 2019, Jones was ordered to pay tens of thousands in court costs and legal fees to parents of Sandy Hook victims in separate suits.
In the two cases decided Monday, in which he was being sued for damages, Jones had been blocking the legal discovery process by failing to provide requested documents and evidence, leading plaintiff’s lawyer Mark Bankston to tell Gamble earlier this month, “We still don’t have the most basic information about this case.”
That missing evidence included transcripts and video of his remarks about Sandy Hook as well as social media content and internal company emails.
“Now we’re talking about having to find people three years out … to see who was involved in this case, who might still have documents,” Bankston said, according to The Austin-American Statesman. “The quality of the evidence and of people’s memories all degrades.”
The attorney added that Jones also refused to answer numerous questions during a sworn deposition.
In the ruling, the judge cited Jones’s legal shenanigans as a reason for her ruling against him in this manner. “Furthermore, in considering whether lesser remedies would be effective, this Court has also considered Defendants’ general bad faith approach to litigation, Mr. Jones’ public threats, and Mr. Jones’ professed belief that these proceedings are ‘show trials’,” the court rulings said.
A jury will next decide the amount Jones will owe to the plaintiffs.
The tragedy happened Dec. 14, 2012, Jones would have lied about it the next day. The legal system often feels it's there more to protect the guilty than to give justice to the innocent. The wheels move agonizingly slowly.
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Sandy Hook Father Awarded $450,000 In Conspiracy Theorist Suit
Defendant James Fetzer wrote ‘Nobody Died at Sandy Hook,’ a 450-page book that claims the horrific massacre of 20 children never happened
By EJ Dickson October 17, 2019 2:03PM ET
James Fetzer, a retired professor who lives in the village of Oregon, Wisconsin, was found in June to have defamed the father of a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting.
John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal/AP
Leonard Pozner, the father of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, the youngest victim in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 26 people in December 2012, has been awarded $450,000 in a defamation lawsuit against a conspiracy theorist who claimed the shooting never happened.
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