When radio host Alex Jones published a video in 2017 titled “Sandy Hook Vampires Exposed,” the parents of a little boy killed in the Sandy Hook shooting bought security alarms for their homes, fearful that they would once again be harassed by Jones’ legion of followers convinced the shooting never happened. Read the full article […]
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Conspiracy theorist Jones seeks halt of Sandy Hook defamation suit
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Lawyers for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a Texas court on Wednesday to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him and his InfoWars website, filed by parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. Read the full article on Reuters.
In Alex Jones Lawsuit, Lawyers Spar Over an Online Broadcast on Sandy Hook
AUSTIN, Tex. — In the more than five years since a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has used his Infowars media operation to spread false theories that the massacre was a hoax staged by the government in an effort to tighten restrictions over firearms. Read the full article […]
Alex Jones’s Attorneys Argue That No Reasonable Person Would Believe What He Says
In April, the ever-ascending media empire that is Alex Jones’s Infowars was served with its most serious threat. Several lawsuits—including one by the parents of a child killed during the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut, and one by a man inaccurately identified by Infowars as the suspect in the Parkland shooting earlier this year—were […]
Families of Sandy Hook victims could force Alex Jones to admit his outrageous lie
FAMILIES OF SIX MORE Sandy Hook victims filed a defamation suit last month against Alex Jones, the nation’s premier conspiracy peddler, with millions of followers on his far-right InfoWars website. That’s because Jones has repeatedly said the 2012 Newtown massacre that killed 20 first-graders and six educators was staged. And his followers have repeatedly attacked […]
InfoWars’ Alex Jones Says He’s Been Defamed by Defamation Suits
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 […]
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 […]