Radio host Alex Jones is getting hit with a flurry of lawsuits over his conspiracy theories, including two defamation suits this week from parents of children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012. But he claims he’s the real victim. “You’re allowed to question things in America, that’s not defamation,” Jones said Wednesday on […]
Month: April 2018
Sandy Hook Families Sue Infowars’ Alex Jones for Defamation
The parents of two children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012 sued Alex Jones, the host of InfoWars, who had derided the shooting as fake and possibly staged by the government. Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, parents of Noah Pozner, filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against Jones, InfoWars LLC and Free […]
Sandy Hook Parents Sue Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones for Defamation: ‘Enough is Enough’
On Monday, Houston attorney Mark D. Bankston filed the suits in Travis County District Court in Austin, Texas, where Jones is based. Jones hosts an eponymous radio show and owns Infowars.com, a website that has trafficked in conspiracy theories on various topics including Sandy Hook. Bankston is representing Neil Heslin, whose 7-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, […]
Sandy Hook Parents Hit Alex Jones with Defamation Lawsuits
The parents of two children who died in the Sandy Hook massacre have filed defamation lawsuits against Infowars founder Alex Jones over his false claims that the 2012 school shooting was was staged. Lawyers for the parents say Jones’ conspiracy theories—including the false assertion that the parents of dead children are “crisis actors”—have led to […]
Sandy Hook Parents are Suing Alex Jones for Calling the Massacre a “Giant Hoax”
Parents of two 6-year-old children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 sued Alex Jones Monday for repeatedly telling his viewers the massacre was a “giant hoax” orchestrated by gun control groups. For years, the right-wing internet and radio talk show host has been telling his audience that the shooting, which took the lives […]
Parents of Sandy Hook Victims Sue Alex Jones for Defamation
The parents of two children killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut have filed a lawsuit against Infowars’ Alex Jones for asserting over the past six years that the elementary school massacre was fake and that the parents were “crisis actors.” HuffPost reported on Tuesday that father Neil […]
Sandy Hook parents sue Alex Jones for calling massacre a hoax
The parents of two kids killed in the Sandy Hook massacre are suing conspiracy monger Alex Jones over his claims that the shooting was a hoax, according to new reports. The families of 6-year-old victims Jesse Lewis and Noah Pozner — two of 26 kids and teachers slain when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on […]
Sandy Hook Parents Sue Alex Jones for Defamation
Three parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who has long claimed the shooting was “completely fake” and a “giant hoax” perpetrated by opponents of the Second Amendment. Mr. Jones, the popular radio show host who also […]
Sandy Hook Parents Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits
Suits against the Infowars host keep piling up. Alex Jones may soon learn that maligning the parents of dead children comes with serious consequences. 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 […]
Sandy Hook parents sue radio host Alex Jones for defamation
Three parents whose young children were killed in a school shooting in 2012 have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation. Mr Jones has long claimed on his radio show and InfoWars website that the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack was “completely fake” and a “giant hoax”. Twenty children – all under the age […]