Alex Jones loses Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit

• Published date: 02 October 2021
• Author: SIMCHA PASKO
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Jones and Infowars media began spreading claims that the shooting, which killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was a hoax, leading to the families of the victims being stalked and harassed.

He has repeatedly called the shooting a "false flag" operation planned by "crisis actors." In 2014, Jones told his listeners, "The whole thing was fake. It just pretty much didn't happen," The Guardian reported.

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The ruling means Jones must pay an undecided amount to the parents of Noah Pozner - who were sent multiple death threats by a member of Jones's audience who was sentenced to jail and barred from accessing the Infowars website - and Jesse Lewis. They began the process of suing Jones in 2018.

However, Jones failed to comply with court discovery duties, Texas judge Maya Guerra Gamble concluded.

"The court finds that defendants' failure to comply … is greatly aggravated by [their] consistent pattern of discovery abuse throughout similar cases pending before this court," the court documents read.

"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...