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Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax. HARTFORD, Conn.“Additionally, the amount of the compensatory damages award exceeds any rational relationship to the evidence offered at trial," Jones' lawyers, Norm Pattis and Kevin Smith, wrote in the motion.Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolSix jurors in Waterbury, Connecticut, ordered Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, on Oct. 12 During the trial, victims' relatives said in often-emotional testimony that they were threatened and harassed for years by people who believed the lies told on Jones’ show. Strangers showed up at the families’ homes to record them and confronted them in public. People hurled abusive comments on social media. Relatives said they received death and rape threats. Read more:
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Calling themselves “nonpartisan,” right-wing activists surveyed election officials for information to fuel a lobbying campaign by election conspiracy theorists. Read more >> Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdictConspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones' lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis' pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and “a substantial miscarriage of justice.” “Additionally, the amount of the compensatory damages award exceeds any rational relationship to the evidence offered at trial,' Jones' lawyers, Norm Pattis and Kevin Smith, wrote in the motion. Such a large, red-faced, sweaty snowflake. Seriously? Alex Jones Asks Judge to Throw Out $1B Sandy Hook Ruling Alex Jones filed legal paperwork Friday asking a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families. Good! Vile creature. Sandy Hook families seek steep punitive damages after $1 billion Alex Jones verdict(Reuters) -Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Friday asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages on top of nearly $1 billion a jury said the conspiracy theorist owes them for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax. The families said in the filing that the 'historic' scale of Jones' wrongdoing in the case, his 'utter lack of repentance' and clear intention to continue spreading lies about them deserve the highest punishment in the court's power. An attorney for Jones, Norm Pattis, said in an email Friday that he is confident the verdict will be reversed on appeal. And this is how you destroy free speech No amount of money will bring anyone back… Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdictConspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdictConspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax Yeah, sure....people always do that when they don't like a verdict....a ' do-over' like in grade school The most vile “human” in recent times. Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdictConspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax I thought he had no money! Oh wait, the haters who follow him are giving him money right? Arts FILE - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn.October 22, 2022, 4:38 PM · 3 min read HARTFORD, Conn.2:57PM ET MIKE SEGAR Alex Jones filed legal paperwork Friday asking a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families.October 22, 2022, 2:21 AM · 2 min read By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Friday asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages on top of nearly $1 billion a jury said the conspiracy theorist owes them for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis' pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and “a substantial miscarriage of justice. On Friday, Oct. Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the 15 plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Jones, declined to comment to AP but said a brief will be filed opposing Jones’ request. 21, Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax. Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the 15 plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Jones, declined to comment on the filing Saturday, but said he and other attorneys for the Sandy Hook families will be filing a brief opposing Jones' request.(Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File) (Tyler Sizemore, Hearst Connecticut Media) HARTFORD, Conn. Jones and his Infowars site claimed for years that the shooting was staged using actors as part of a government plot to seize Americans' guns. – Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones' lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. 14, 2012. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis' pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and “a substantial miscarriage of justice.” “Additionally, the amount of the compensatory damages award exceeds any rational relationship to the evidence offered at trial," Jones' lawyers, Norm Pattis and Kevin Smith, wrote in the motion. Six jurors in Waterbury, Connecticut, ordered Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, on Oct. Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the 15 plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Jones, declined to comment on the filing Saturday, but said he and other attorneys for the Sandy Hook families will be filing a brief opposing Jones' request. Twenty first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School died in the attack on Dec. Bellis has scheduled hearings for early next month to determine the amount of the punitive damages.75 trillion based on the number of article impressions Infowars' false stories garnered. 14, 2012. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting and relatives of eight children and adults killed in the massacre sued Jones for defamation and infliction of emotional distress over his pushing the bogus narrative that the shooting was a hoax staged by “crisis actors” to impose more gun control. Strangers showed up at the families’ homes to record them and confronted them in public. Six jurors in Waterbury, Connecticut, ordered Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, on Oct. 12 to pay $965 million in compensatory damages to the plaintiffs and said punitive damages also should be awarded. Relatives said they received death and rape threats. Bellis has scheduled hearings for early next month to determine the amount of the punitive damages. The Connecticut verdict came several months after a jury in Texas awarded two Sandy Hook parents $49. During the trial, victims' relatives said in often-emotional testimony that they were threatened and harassed for years by people who believed the lies told on Jones’ show. A third trial over the hoax claims, involving two more Sandy Hook parents, is expected to be held near the end of the year in Texas. Strangers showed up at the families’ homes to record them and confronted them in public. People hurled abusive comments on social media. But he lost his right to present those defenses when the judges in Connecticut and Texas found him liable for damages by default without trials, for what they called Jones' repeated failures to turn over some evidence including financial documents and website analytics to the Sandy Hook lawyers. Relatives said they received death and rape threats. The verdicts came after another jury in Texas in August ordered Jones and his company to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of another slain Sandy Hook child. Pattis, Jones' lawyer, wrote in the motions filed Friday that there was a lack of evidence directly connecting Jones with the people who harassed and threatened the Sandy Hook families. A third trial over the hoax claims, involving two more Sandy Hook parents, is expected to be held near the end of the year in Texas. Jones, who has acknowledged in recent years that the shooting did occur, has blasted the lawsuits and trials on his Austin, Texas-based Infowars show, calling them unfair and a violation of his free speech rights." “Yes, the families in this case suffered horribly as a result of the murder of their children,” Pattis wrote, adding that Jones did not send people to harass and threaten the families. But he lost his right to present those defenses when the judges in Connecticut and Texas found him liable for damages by default without trials, for what they called Jones' repeated failures to turn over some evidence including financial documents and website analytics to the Sandy Hook lawyers. With liability already established, the trials in both states focused only on how much Jones should pay in damages. "Instead, there was a shocking abuse of a disciplinary default and its transformation into a series of half-truths that misled a jury and resulted in substantial injustice. Pattis, Jones' lawyer, wrote in the motions filed Friday that there was a lack of evidence directly connecting Jones with the people who harassed and threatened the Sandy Hook families. Pattis said the trial resembled a “memorial service, not a trial. 2h ago Bannon ‘doesn’t like the optic’ of taking the Fifth Amendment in testimony: lawyer Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, who was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress on Friday, refused to testify before the House Jan." “Yes, the families in this case suffered horribly as a result of the murder of their children,” Pattis wrote, adding that Jones did not send people to harass and threaten the families. “There was no competent evidence offered at this trial that he ever did,” he wrote. Bannon attorney David Schoen appeared on CNN Friday hours after… 4h ago."Instead, there was a shocking abuse of a disciplinary default and its transformation into a series of half-truths that misled a jury and resulted in substantial injustice." Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. .