Judge is fed up with Alex Jones, rules Sandy Hook families victorious in lawsuit

Daily Kos Staff

Monday November 15, 2021 · 10:41 AM PST

2021/11/15 · 10:41

AUSTIN, TX - APRIL 18: Infowars founder Alex Jones interacts with supporters at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020 in Austin, Texas. The protest was organized by Infowars host Owen Shroyer who is joining other protesters across the country in taking to the streets to call for the country to be opened up despite the risk of the COVID-19. (Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images) — Not a good dude.

On Monday, after months of hemming and hawing and delays generated by Infowars snake oil salesman Alex Jones, a judge in Waterbury, Connecticut, has ruled that Jones is liable to the families of eight people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school mass shooting. In a “sweeping victory,” Jones and his Infowars company will be liable for knowingly spreading misinformation in order to profit from it at the expense of the families of dead children.

With Monday’s ruling, in addition to rulings in Texas courts over the past year, Jones is now on the hook to the families of ten people killed that terrible 2012 day in Newtown, Connecticut. After weeks of obstruction by way of delays on the part of Jones and his legal team, Judge Barbara Bellis defaulted Jones for a “failure to produce critical material information that the plaintiffs needed to prove their claims.” The next hearing Jones will face will be to discuss what he owes these families in restitution.

Judge is fed up with Alex Jones, rules Sandy Hook families victorious in lawsuit

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