InfoWars founder Alex Jones has lost a defamation lawsuit brought by parents of children killed during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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\nInfoWars founder Alex Jones has lost a defamation lawsuit brought by parents of children killed during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. According to court documents unsealed Thursday, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of Travis County, Texas, issued a \u201cjudgement by default against\u201d Jones, as well as ordering the defendants to \u201cpay reasonable attorney\u2019s fees in connection with Plaintiff\u2019s Motion.\u201d The Huffington Post first reported the default judgements. The plaintiffs, Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, brought the case against Jones in 2018 after the radio host allegedly claimed the shooting was a hoax and the parents were hired crisis actors. The couple\u2019s son, Noah Ponzer, was a victim of the shooting. The lawsuit said the \u201cconspiracy theory, which has been pushed by InfoWars and Mr. Jones since the day of the shooting, alleges that the Sandy Hook massacre did not happen, or that it was staged by the government and concealed using actors, and that the parents of the victims are participants in a horrifying cover-up.\u201d Gamble\u2019s ruling castigated both Jones and InfoWars\u2019 parent company, Free Speech Systems, specifically stating that the defendants were \u201cintentionally disobeying\u201d requests made by the court after the Jones and InfoWars failed to fulfill hand over court-ordered documents required for discovery. Regarding the defendants\u2019 failure to turn over documents related to the lawsuit, Gamble wrote that the Jones showed \u201cflagrant bad faith and disregard\u201d for responsibilities. (RELATED: \u2018Day Of The Long Knives:\u2019 Conservatives, Free Speech Advocates Condemn Latest Facebook Bans) This is not the first defamation case Jones has lost specifically related to comments made on the Sandy Hook Shooting. Jones was ordered to pay $100,000 for Sandy Hook legal fees after losing a defamation case in 2019. In total,9 families of victims of the Sandy Hook Massacre have brought suits against Jones and InfoWars.<\/p>\n