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

10/23/2022 3:00:00 AM

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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. Lawyers for Alex Jones want the verdict thrown out HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 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. Plaintiffs were awarded nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex JonesJones was ordered to pay nearly $50 million in a related trial in AugustTwenty first graders and six educators at 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. Read more:
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On Saturday's 'America Right Now,' Tom Basile shows how Dr. Oz is making his closing pitch to Pennsylvania voters ahead of the Senate Election by attending m... Read more >> Alex Jones Asks Judge to Throw Out $1B Sandy Hook RulingAlex 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. 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. The corrupt judge found him guilty without trial or jury. The jury came in after that only to decide how much money he needed to pay. How does this make any sense? Jones and his lawyers were forbidden from telling the jury that they were innocent. Kangaroo court in America. 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. Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdictAlex 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. Screw this guy. I can't believe he thinks he's the victim here. Idk man you gonna actually participate this time? Dude you really are an embarrassment 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. PUBLISHED 3:16 PM ET Oct.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.Oct 22, 2022 at 1:35 pm Expand Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn.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. 22, 2022 PUBLISHED 3:16 PM EDT Oct. 22, 2022 SHARE 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. (AP) — 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. On Friday, Oct. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis' pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and “a substantial miscarriage of justice. The Sandy Hook families say they were subjected to harassment from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting being fake.” What You Need To Know Plaintiffs were awarded nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones Lawyers for Jones have filed a request to have the verdict thrown out, saying the trial was unfair Hearings to determine further punitive damages are scheduled for early November Jones was ordered to pay nearly $50 million in a related trial in August “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.(Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File) (Tyler Sizemore, Hearst Connecticut Media) HARTFORD, Conn. 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. — 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. Twenty first graders and six educators at  Sandy Hook Elementary School  died in the attack on Dec. 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. 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. Six jurors in Waterbury, Connecticut, ordered Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, on Oct. Twenty first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School died in the attack on Dec. 12  to pay $965 million  in compensatory damages to the plaintiffs and said punitive damages also should be awarded. Bellis has scheduled hearings for early next month to determine the amount of the punitive damages. 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. 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. Bellis has scheduled hearings for early next month to determine the amount of the punitive damages. Bellis has scheduled hearings for early next month to determine the amount of the punitive damages. 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. 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. People hurled abusive comments on social media. 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. 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. 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. With liability already established, the trials in both states focused only on how much Jones should pay in damages. 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. 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." “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. With liability already established, the trials in both states focused only on how much Jones should pay in damages. “There was no competent evidence offered at this trial that he ever did,” he wrote. 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. "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." LATEST NEWS .” “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.