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Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist proprietor of Infowars, and his attorneys were denied an appeal regarding a lawsuit that alleges Infowars broadcast defamatory comments regarding the father of a child murdered in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Texas Court of Appeals has ordered Infowars to pay all costs related to the botched appeal.
Infowars filed its now-dismissed appeal one day after Sandy Hook parent Neil Heslin filed a motion for contempt against Infowars as part of an ongoing legal battle against the outlet, which in 2017 broadcast claims that Heslin argued were meant to insinuate that he lied about holding his murdered sons body and to subject him to harassment and emotional damage by those who believe Sandy Hook was a false flag conspiracya conspiracy theory advanced by the host of an Infowars program and amplified by Jones himself.
Heslin had filed a motion for expedited discovery and a motion for sanctions against defendants Jones, Infowars employee Owen Shroyer, Free Speech Systems LLC, and Infowars LLC, after it was revealed that Jones had ordered Infowars employees to remove social media pages and video content relating to the Sandy Hook shooting from the internet. Jones and his lawyers had previously filed a motion to have Heslins lawsuit dismissed under the Texas Citizens Participation Act, a 2011 Texas law meant to aid individuals facing a frivolous lawsuits, but the judge hearing the case agreed with Heslins argument that Infowars efforts to delete content relevant to his case had hampered his ability to respond to Infowars motion to dismiss.
A judge extended the hearing date on Infowars TCPA motion and ordered Infowars to respond to discovery requests. But when the deadline for discovery approached, Infowars made clear it did not intend to cooperate. Heslin filed a motion for contempt of court.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/infowars-loses-appeal-in-sandy-hook-defamation-lawsuit/
Good things happen sometimes.
underpants
(182,884 posts)Kicked off Youtube again and now this.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)Mark is representing a couple of plaintiffs suing Alex Jones and INFOWARS
dlk
(11,578 posts)Fighting back makes a difference. Im not familiar with Juanita Jean or her son, but God bless them! There are no words vile enough to describe the torment and horror Jones intentionally visited upon the already deeply traumatized parents mourning the violent loss of their babies. Jones did it just to hustle a buck. Throwing Jones to the wolves would be too good for him.
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SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)The comments themselves are really off the chart sometimes!
https://juanitajean.com/this-is-how-you-know/
I hope he is penniless when this is over - lock him up!
Pisces
(5,602 posts)usaf-vet
(6,212 posts)Although that won't come close to the pain a family feels when they lose a loved one to gun violence.
It will remind him every day of what real hurt is like.
gademocrat7
(10,672 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,296 posts)Selling spin as fact and cooked up falsehoods as gospel has got to end. It was all strategy to grab power and money by twisting reality into their own dementia. Projection: look at those liars over there, the "fake news" media! I, me, the Orange One, am telling the truth that I made last night in my basement.