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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:30 AM Apr 2018

Sandy Hook Parents Have Just Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits

Alex Jones has spent years claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School ― where a shooter killed 20 small children and six adults ― was faked. He has claimed the parents of these dead children are liars and “crisis actors.”

Now, those parents are coming after him.

In a pair of lawsuits filed late Monday, the parents of two children who died in the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, say Jones’ repeated lies and conspiratorial ravings have led to death threats. The suits join at least two other recent cases accusing the Infowars host of defamation.


Neil Heslin, the father of a six-year-old boy killed in the shooting, and Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, who lost their own little boy, filed the suits in Austin, Texas, where Jones’ conspiracy-minded media outlet is based. Each suit is seeking more than $1 million in damages from Jones, Infowars and a related company, Free Speech Systems LLC. Infowars reporter Owen Shroyer is also named in one of the suits.

“Even after these folks had to experience this trauma, for the next five years they were tormented by Alex Jones with vicious lies about them,” Mark Bankston, the lawyer handling the cases for the parents, told HuffPost. “And these lies were meant to convince his audience that the Sandy Hook parents are frauds and have perpetrated a sinister lie on the American people.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sandy-hook-parents-have-just-hit-alex-jones-with-defamation-lawsuits/ar-AAvYhj2?ocid=ientp

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Sandy Hook Parents Have Just Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits (Original Post) CatWoman Apr 2018 OP
Good Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #1
Very Good! Snackshack Apr 2018 #2
Make Jones accountable, MontanaMama Apr 2018 #3
Yup yup... sue that fuck into oblivion! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #51
If we can make donations to help pay legal costs for this case by parents, I would donate. Justice Apr 2018 #4
+1000 mountain grammy Apr 2018 #16
I'll match yours and raise you by another 1,000. erronis Apr 2018 #18
Im pretty sure these cases were taken on a contingency basis Pepsidog Apr 2018 #29
Good for them. Mrs. Overall Apr 2018 #5
Good! Bankrupt this POS!! abbeyco Apr 2018 #6
Yes NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #7
People have actually traveled to make threats in person DBoon Apr 2018 #27
Wait until the jury sees the crime scene photos exboyfil Apr 2018 #8
This should be a quick case Obvious85 Apr 2018 #11
I will donate to any legal fund Obvious85 Apr 2018 #9
My sympathies are with the Sandy Hook parents Vogon_Glory Apr 2018 #10
Awesome! geardaddy Apr 2018 #12
Great News True Blue American Apr 2018 #13
K & R SunSeeker Apr 2018 #14
I hope they bankrupt the son of a bitch.. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #15
fantastic... dhill926 Apr 2018 #17
Donald Trump has been a big supporter of Alex Jones. Two questions. Doodley Apr 2018 #19
Good news! meow2u3 Apr 2018 #20
Excellent!! ailsagirl Apr 2018 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author CCExile Apr 2018 #22
Good. Hammer That SOB. SDJay Apr 2018 #23
Hit him again, harder, harder....(old football cheer) KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #24
A million dollars is not enough mainer Apr 2018 #25
Not nearly enough for what he has put them through! smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #45
My first thought when I saw this thread gristy Apr 2018 #47
This asshole *entertainer* is directly responsible for so much real-world misery and pain. VOX Apr 2018 #26
I don't think he needs liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #37
He's a sociopath. He knows what he's doing. backscatter712 Apr 2018 #44
K&R Scurrilous Apr 2018 #28
Righteous lawsuit cp Apr 2018 #30
I hope he goes down in flames for this! Initech Apr 2018 #31
I hope the parents win "bigly". S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #32
K/R moondust Apr 2018 #33
... Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #34
Of all the shitty things creepy people do, this garbage... 3catwoman3 Apr 2018 #35
Very good news gademocrat7 Apr 2018 #36
It's about fucking time. n/t Crunchy Frog Apr 2018 #38
Hopefully this will mark the demise of lunatica Apr 2018 #39
Crank up the vacuum and clean out asshole Jones' accounts. Hassler Apr 2018 #40
Yesss, hope they bankrupt that POS. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #52
It's about time. GoCubsGo Apr 2018 #41
It's about time these loud-mouthed nutjobs face consequences. Chemisse Apr 2018 #42
Good. Alex Jones is an evil piece of shit. backscatter712 Apr 2018 #43
Good! SergeStorms Apr 2018 #46
I have no words for the horrible disgust Upthevibe Apr 2018 #48
I hope they end up owning the whole kit and kaboodle. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #49
Clean him out!!! RhodeIslandOne Apr 2018 #50
Jones doesn't believe his own shit. Straw Man Apr 2018 #53
And now those poor parents are going to have to re-live the tragedy. Laffy Kat Apr 2018 #54
Laws should be created for this guy alone Awsi Dooger Apr 2018 #55
Link to DW nitpicker Apr 2018 #56

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
3. Make Jones accountable,
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:46 AM
Apr 2018

make him apologize publicly and make him pay. Would love to see him have to get a real job but that’s probably a pipe dream.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
18. I'll match yours and raise you by another 1,000.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:25 AM
Apr 2018

Unfortunately I think the NRA/Kochs/Mercers/russians have deep pockets (and probably special greenback printing presses) so that only $2,000,000 would be a mere annoyance.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
29. Im pretty sure these cases were taken on a contingency basis
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:10 PM
Apr 2018

I suspect the lawyers took the case on a contingency basis and only get paid if they win. The lawyers front all the costs and are reimbursed if they win. If they lose technically the client is suppose to be pay the costs but most attorneys in fact eat the costs.

DBoon

(22,372 posts)
27. People have actually traveled to make threats in person
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:45 AM
Apr 2018

It isn't just anonymous Internet trolls or even phone calls.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
8. Wait until the jury sees the crime scene photos
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:05 AM
Apr 2018

They will be willing to build a gallows for Jones and hang him themselves.

Obvious85

(259 posts)
11. This should be a quick case
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:08 AM
Apr 2018

Show the crime seen photos, then play tapes of Alex's show. Unanimous verdict

Obvious85

(259 posts)
9. I will donate to any legal fund
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:07 AM
Apr 2018

to help every single family go after Jones, his hate speech has caused so much damage and cant go on unchecked

Doodley

(9,095 posts)
19. Donald Trump has been a big supporter of Alex Jones. Two questions.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:38 AM
Apr 2018

Will Trump condemn Jones for these kind of damaging conspiracy theories?

Has Alex Jones received any finance from Russia?

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
20. Good news!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:38 AM
Apr 2018

I'm glad to see the Sandy Hook parents fight back against the tinfoil hat liars like Alex Jones because unchallenged lies become accepted as truth. We must make sure the slanderers and libelers are held accountable because they've gotten away with ruining people's reputation for years.

Response to CatWoman (Original post)

SDJay

(1,089 posts)
23. Good. Hammer That SOB.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:01 AM
Apr 2018

What the kids in Florida are doing is remarkable and I honestly think is good for our country. We have to reign in these death merchants, and in order to do so we have to overcome the screams and shouts of their useful idiots.

What these parents are doing is something that is humbling, it's so courageous. Can you imagine losing a child like this and then getting death threats because some scumbag is lying about you in the media? That has to be overwhelming. Much like the death merchants, we need to reign in these lying carnival barkers for the good of not only the country, but humanity.

I hope they ruin this fucker. He's already admitted that it's all an act, but once again his useful idiots ignore that. Destroy his brand and send him off to the woods to talk to the trees alone.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
24. Hit him again, harder, harder....(old football cheer)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:28 AM
Apr 2018

Him and the entirety of Faux News as well.

It's a damn shame these folks had to wait until substantial damage was done to them psychologically beyond the suffering from the loss of a child, to even begin the process of correcting this media and societal sickness.

We hope this serves as a shot across the bow of other money-grubbing media actors that spew destructive lies every day.

I admire their bravery for bringing forward this case...... .........

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
45. Not nearly enough for what he has put them through!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:40 PM
Apr 2018

It should be in the hundreds of millions. He basically caused threats against their lives and traumatized them for years.

I hope they take him for everything he is worth. Couldn't happen to a worse person.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
47. My first thought when I saw this thread
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:15 PM
Apr 2018

$2M-$10M would be more appropriate. Actually, whatever figure would bankrupt the MF.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
26. This asshole *entertainer* is directly responsible for so much real-world misery and pain.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:43 AM
Apr 2018

In my lifetime, there was a period where anyone who acted and sounded like Alex Jones would have wound up as inpatients in a neuropsychiatric ward, where they (hopefully) could get the help they so desperately needed.

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)
37. I don't think he needs
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 03:54 PM
Apr 2018

any help, what he needs is to be bankrupted into permanent homelessness and then blackballed from any kind of employment ever again. He knows damn well how crazy and sick he sounds and that the shit he's promoting is crazy and sick, but, like the Coultergeist, he DOESN'T CARE because it makes such a profit. THAT Is what matters, all the money he's making. And that's even worse than him actually believing the sick shit he spews, knowing that it's fake but wanting to pocket all the dough he makes from the pain he causes and the ignorance he spreads and exploits.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
44. He's a sociopath. He knows what he's doing.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:33 PM
Apr 2018

If I said what I really wanted done to him, I'd violate DU's TOS...

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)
35. Of all the shitty things creepy people do, this garbage...
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 03:18 PM
Apr 2018

...is so cruel I can't even find words for it. I do not understand meanspiritedness.

Jones should be made to see the crime scene photos, bit he would ikely claain that those were faked, too.

gademocrat7

(10,661 posts)
36. Very good news
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 03:39 PM
Apr 2018

These parents have suffered unimaginable pain. I hope Alex Jones and Infowars are rendered financially bankrupt. They are already morally bankrupt.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
39. Hopefully this will mark the demise of
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 04:50 PM
Apr 2018

Slander radio and tv.

Make them accountable for their self serving lies. The parents will win so it should make the rest of the hate mongers watch their words.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
42. It's about time these loud-mouthed nutjobs face consequences.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 05:56 PM
Apr 2018

I can't even imagine how much additional pain this caused for those poor parents.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
43. Good. Alex Jones is an evil piece of shit.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:30 PM
Apr 2018

If I somehow met him on the street, I'd be highly tempted to punch his lights out. The shit he's said and done to the Sandy Hook and Parkland survivors and parents should cost him teeth.

And he's just doing it so he can sell his snake oil vitamin supplements. He's nothing but a grifter

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
46. Good!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:59 PM
Apr 2018

Bankrupt that son-of-a-bitch. But leave enough for his ex-wife and kids. They don't deserve to pay for Jones' psychotic bullshit for the rest of their lives.

Jones himself? If that asshole didn't have a microphone to scream into every day, and fleece his audience into buying his cheap, bullshit products, he'd be a sobbing, diaper shitting baby within a week.

Upthevibe

(8,053 posts)
48. I have no words for the horrible disgust
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:29 PM
Apr 2018

that I have for Jones....I just don't have any words... .I'm glad these parents are taking action....May their sweet children R.I.P.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
49. I hope they end up owning the whole kit and kaboodle.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:56 AM
Apr 2018

Everything except the clothes on his back...unless they have value that could be realized and given to the parents, as well. A really nice leather jacket, cufflinks, zircon-encrusted tweezers. Whatever.

Straw Man

(6,625 posts)
53. Jones doesn't believe his own shit.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:59 AM
Apr 2018

If he truly were delusional, I might have some pity on him. In fact, he's a grifter and a con man, which is all the more reason he should go down.

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)
54. And now those poor parents are going to have to re-live the tragedy.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:45 AM
Apr 2018

I'm all for the lawsuit but furious it had to come to this. If it goes to court those heart-broken parents and teachers and other survivors are going to have to look at evidence, photos, etc. I hope they take Jones for every fucking penny.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
55. Laws should be created for this guy alone
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 04:06 AM
Apr 2018

The Annual Alex Jones 30 Year Sentence.

Countless Republicans will compete for the distinction every year.

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