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Related: About this forumJudge to sanction Alex Jones defense lawyers in Sandy Hook suit
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut judge will sanction the defense attorneys for Alex Jones in the long-running civil lawsuit brought against the inflammatory online conspiracy theorist by the parents of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis announced Wednesday morning that she will impose new sanctions on Jones' attorneys for violating a court order when they included information from a confidential deposition this summer in a motion seeking to question former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, suggesting Clinton had arranged the families' lawsuit as a vendetta against Jones after her 2016 loss to former President Donald Trump.
Bellis also will consider additional sanctions over what she called "highly inappropriate" and "abusive questioning" by Jones defense attorney Jay Wolman during a September deposition, during which he demanded the man being deposed search email records on his phone even though the subpoena issued by the court did not require it, she said.
The Connecticut cases are continuing this fall after a Texas judge's decision late last month to hold Jones responsible for all damages in three similar defamation lawsuits filed there after Jones repeatedly ignored orders to turn over records to the families' lawyers. Those cases now will be turned over to juries to decide how much in damages Jones must pay to the families while a jury trial in the Connecticut case is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2022.
Read more: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2021/oct/20/judge-to-sanction-alex-jones-defense-lawyers-in/
Rhiannon12866
(222,211 posts)We could use a little good news about now!
TexasTowelie
(116,798 posts)I'm surprised that I didn't see this story in some of the more prominent media sites, but if an article in the Texarkana Gazette makes your day, then so be it!
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)every time Jones opens his mouff.
RainCaster
(11,545 posts)They should NEVER practice again.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,538 posts)I hope to watch this hearing