Newtown Shooting Infowars
Judge Barbara Bellis last year found Jones liable by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what she called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury only will be deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars' parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress.
Jones also was found liable by default in two similar lawsuits over the hoax lies in his hometown of Austin, Texas, where a jury in one of the trials ordered Jones last month toin damages to the parents of one of the children killed. A third trial in Texas is expected to begin near the end of the year.
Testimony at the current trial also has focused on website analytics data run by Infowars employees showing how its sales of dietary supplements, food, clothing and other items spiked around the time Jones talked about the Sandy Hook shooting. The relatives have testified that they continue to fear for their safety because of what the hoax believers have done and might do.
Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: NBCDFW - 🏆 288. / 63 Read more »
Source: NBCDFW - 🏆 288. / 63 Read more »
Alex Jones makes 1st appearance outside Sandy Hook trialA defiant Alex Jones showed up at a Connecticut courthouse today declaring his innocence despite already being found liable for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax
Source: cbsaustin - 🏆 595. / 51 Read more »