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Title: Sandy Hook Parents Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits
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HuffPo
URL Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr ... e1?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067
Published: Apr 17, 2018
Author: Sebastian Murdock
Post Date: 2018-04-17 16:04:37 by Tooconservative
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Views: 3693
Comments: 25
Now, those parents are coming after him. In a pair of lawsuits filed late Monday, the parents of two children who died in the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, say Jones’ repeated lies and conspiratorial ravings have led to death threats. The suits join at least two other recent cases accusing the Infowars host of defamation. Neil Heslin, the father of a 6-year-old boy killed in the shooting, and Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, who lost their own little boy, filed the suits in Austin, Texas, where Jones’ conspiracy-minded media outlet is based. Each suit is seeking more than $1 million in damages from Jones, Infowars and a related company, Free Speech Systems LLC. Infowars reporter Owen Shroyer is also named in one of the suits. “Even after these folks had to experience this trauma, for the next five years they were tormented by Alex Jones with vicious lies about them,” Mark Bankston, the lawyer handling the cases for the parents, told HuffPost. “And these lies were meant to convince his audience that the Sandy Hook parents are frauds and have perpetrated a sinister lie on the American people.” Bankston, of the Houston law firm Farrar & Ball, is also involved in another defamation suit against Jones, representing a man whom Infowars incorrectly identified as the Parkland, Florida, school shooter. Infowars, Jones and Shroyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Heslin’s suit focuses on what it calls a “heartless and vile” claim of Shroyer’s: that the father lied in an interview with NBC News’ Megyn Kelly about holding his dead son’s body. “I lost my son. I buried my son. I held my son with a bullet hole through his head,” Heslin told Kelly in the June 2017 segment profiling Jones. Days after the segment aired, Shroyer told Infowars viewers that Heslin could not have held his son because victims were identified through photographs, not in person. “That’s not something you would just misspeak on,” Shroyer said during the June 26, 2017, broadcast, which Jones himself plugged a month later. But that claim is “manifestly false,” Heslin’s suit says: The children’s bodies were eventually turned over to their parents for their funerals. In the other suit filed Tuesday, Pozner and De La Rosa ― whose son was the youngest victim in the shooting ― are also targeting Jones for calling them liars. During an April 2017 broadcast on Infowars, Jones discussed an interview De La Rosa gave to CNN’s Anderson Cooper shortly after the tragedy, and claimed the entire thing was faked. “So here are these holier than thou people, when we question CNN, who is supposedly at the site of Sandy Hook, and they got in one shot leaves blowing, and the flowers that are around it, and you see the leaves blowing, and they go [gestures]. They glitch,” Jones said, according to a transcript quoted in the lawsuit. “They’re recycling a green-screen behind them.” This was a lie Jones has been repeating for years. “Folks, we’ve got video of Anderson Cooper with clear blue-screen out there,” Jones said in 2014. “He’s not there in the town square. We got people clearly coming up and laughing and then doing the fake crying. We’ve clearly got people where it’s actors playing different parts for different people, the building bulldozed, covering up everything.” It’s been five years since the shooting, the lawsuit says, and “Mr. Jones continues to push this sick lie about Mrs. De La Rosa and her interview.” Infowars’ practice of disseminating outright lies has led to serious consequences for the families of the Sandy Hook victims, the lawsuit says. In June 2017, Florida woman Lucy Richards, then 57, was sentenced to five months in prison for sending threats to Pozner. “You gonna die,” Richards told Pozner in one recorded voicemail message. “Death is coming to you real soon.” As part of her sentence, Richards will no longer be allowed to access Infowars, according to the lawsuit. As of Tuesday morning, Infowars still had blatantly false stories posted on its website claiming the mass shooting was a hoax. “FBI SAYS NO ONE KILLED AT SANDY HOOK,” screams one headline. Bankston told HuffPost he has never before seen cases involving the kind of “mental anguish” these parents are experiencing. “I think as a father, it’s a very surreal experience,” Bankston said. “Anyone, parents or not, who spends 15 minutes talking to one of these parents will understand immediately how vile this lie was, and how genuine their pain is.” The defamation lawsuits could have devastating consequences for Jones and Infowars, especially because these are not the only ones against him. In March, the man who recorded the deadly car attack at last year’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, sued Jones for calling him a “deep state shill” and a “CIA asset” who helped organize the attack ― he’s not, and he didn’t. And then there’s the lawsuit Bankston filed earlier this month. He’s suing on behalf of the 24-year-old man whom Infowars falsely identified as the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February. For the Sandy Hook parents, they just want the lies to stop. Even when Jones made an assurance he’d stop talking about it, that too was a lie. During a November 2016 broadcast, Jones said that if “children were lost at Sandy Hook, my heart goes out to each and every one of those parents.” But he didn’t stop there: “The only problem is, I’ve watched a lot of soap operas, and I’ve seen actors before. And I know when I’m watching a movie and when I’m watching something real.” The broadcast was titled “Alex Jones Final Statement on Sandy Hook.” Less than a year later, in April 2017, Jones aired another segment. It was titled “Sandy Hook Vampires Exposed.” Poster Comment: Looks like the jig is up for Jones. 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 parents of these dead children are liars and “crisis actors.”
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#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
They will win their case, and Jones will pay through the nose. The massacre happened. Jones got attention and got rich preying on the gullible and the marginal. Now that money he earned will be handed over to the parents who lost children, and he'll be publicly humiliated. And his conspiracy theorist fans will double down their support for him, because "the system" will be attacking him for telling "the truth". That's the way true believers are.
Dickard should be sued too... he’s got quite a few of the banned Free Republic bamboozled with fear mongering on a this site. What is needed to sell snake oil? Fear, stupidity... or both. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
You must be toasting yourself, TC.... So what else is new? War on Jones, War on Truth and continued censorship of subjects that expose Black Ops. THIS case is probably sponsored by an Alphabet Agy. Because the American people MUST accept "OFFICIAL FAIRY TALES" without question. Zeig Heil.
This is awesome, I want to see this case tried in open court. Sadly, there will be a settlement, because Alex Jones doesn't have the testicles to make them prove their case. The Connecticut authorities won't even release dash cam footage during the event. Sandy Hook is as fishy as they get.
THIS IS A TAG LINE...Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
Ha... kook Jones doesn’t have the money to lose if he doesn’t settle out. I doubt the conspiracy kook has the money to settle out. You, Dickard and the other 15 kooks that post here should pass the foil hat and raise funds for kook Jones. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
And his conspiracy theorist fans will double down their support for him, because "the system" will be attacking him for telling "the truth". That's the way true believers are. Not bad as predictions go.
They don't have to accept a settlement. They can force it into open court if they want to.
It's spelled "Seig Heil". So you're trying to call me a Nazi. Because I posted a news article.
I think it's time for you and Deckard to join forces and start a GoFundMe legal defense fund for Jones.
I kinda find it comical that Jone’s fear monger false propaganda has his ass in hot water. Remaining AWARE and cognizant that government should always be watched with skepticism is a FAR CRY from using the deaths of hundreds of children and plane passengers as a stepping stone to scare sheep into following your news source. The douchebag stepped WAY over the line suggesting that 30 plus parents were actors AFTER they did burry their children. Fuck Jones, Dicktard and the fear monger horse they rode in on. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
And that was after his shameful false-flag narratives on the "crisis actors" who were the victims on the Boston Marathon bombing. I notice they aren't mentioned here but I expect they'll finally be suing his ass off too. I hope so. And of course some of Jones' followers are even wackier and more hateful than he is. Like they're all in some big competition for Creep Of The Month or something. IMO, they all win the blue ribbon. They seem to pride themselves on how repellant they can be. It's a sign of "advanced awareness" or some such self-serving drivel. Arrogant, ignorant and creepy is no way to go through life. And Jones has made a good living off these packs of internet creeps, some of whom post here at LF.
You mean like FOX News does? We have freedom of speech. Those are Jones's opinions. Or maybe anytime anyone says something that isn't true they should be sued. I'm planning a vacation to the beach. If the weatherman gets the forecast wrong it will ruin my vacation and I should be able to sue him correct?
The parents are getting death threats by Jones KOOKS... after they’ve buried their children. You defend this fake news bullshit hysteria... but it has consequences. And hopefully, all the foil hat KOOKS PAY for their reckless acts. Having shitty weather during your vacation is a far cry from getting death threats from some fucking asshole like Dicktard, because the kook thinks you are working for the devil government... AFTER you had to bury your child. Speech is free to say... nobody refutes Jones right to say stupid shit... but if he recklessly (or for monetary gain) causes someone pain, anguish and grief, so he can push his fake fear mongering AGENDA... then he deserves to loss some of those monetary profits. Sometimes, with the battles you choose to fight, surprise the shit out of me. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I can't add much to your comments. Jones went way beyond peddling CTs and regular kook stuff when he pretty much singlehandedly legitimized this idea of "crisis actors" after massacres. Now we get accusations from the kooks after any massacre that it's all just crisis actors and a big gooberment plot. Apparetnly, they've gone from 911-was-a-government-plot-to-kill-thousands to now saying that there are no victims in any of these massacres. It's a real Kookarama trying to parse what these nitwits believe on any given day.
I know my analogy wasn't the best
America is full of ignorance and kookery and it has been on the rise for years, often based on marginal broadcasting from Alex Jones and Art Bell and the other CT crackpot celebs. What are the results? You may recall this article I posted earlier this month. LF: Should people who “aren’t sure the Earth is round” be allowed to vote? YouGov, a British market research firm, polled 8,215 adults in the United States to find out if they ever believed in the “flat Earth” movement. Only 66 percent of young millennials answered that they “always believe the world is round.” Science teachers across the U.S. will be shaking their heads after learning that nine percent of young adults answered that they have “always believed” the planet was flat. Another nine percent said of young adults said they thought the planet was spherical but had doubts about it. In a disturbing display of indecision, 16 percent of millennials said they weren’t sure what the shape of the planet was. Some of the numbers in there are seriously wild. In that 18-24 age group, only two thirds (66%) answered that they had “always believed” that the world is round. That was at least slightly worse than the 76% of the 25-34 crowd who were willing to say the same. It may come as some comfort that among all adults age 55 and up, 94% have spent their entire lives believing that the planet is roughly spherical in shape. . . . And this is just one more example of how these CTs affect public opinion, the most ignorant viewers the most of all. And this is far from the only example of these CT exploiters like Jones filling the empty heads of ignorant assholes who never learned much in school. Look at the misery and serious illness and even death caused by the anti-vaxxers, another pack of organized and cult-like kooks. There are plenty of examples of people embracing the stupidest and most ignorant CTs imaginable, even well after the CTs are completely discredited. Maybe you should watch the movie Idiocracy. That's where we're headed.
I’m not sure I can manage that... I lose between 1 and 5 IQ points just accidentally reading Dickards FreeThoughtProject posts. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I'm sure you've taken all your required vaccines and fluoride treatments so that you pay your taxes on time. Kook.
Ha.... shut you fucking fruitloop kook flaps. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
They sure do seem to get upset when someone describes them (accurately) as cultish kooks, don't they?
Yes. Most are like children. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Both TC and Fire Island are good little slaves - of course they do. You've never received any vaccinations?
Not since 1973.
#2. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
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The massacre happened. Jones got attention and got rich preying on the gullible and the marginal.
#3. To: Tooconservative (#0)
#4. To: Tooconservative (#0)
#5. To: jeremiad (#4)
Alex Jones doesn't have the testicles to make them prove their case.
#6. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
They will win their case, and Jones will pay through the nose. The massacre happened. Jones got attention and got rich preying on the gullible and the marginal. Now that money he earned will be handed over to the parents who lost children, and he'll be publicly humiliated.
#7. To: jeremiad (#4)
Sadly, there will be a settlement, because Alex Jones doesn't have the testicles to make them prove their case.
#8. To: Liberator (#3)
Zeig Heil.
#9. To: GrandIsland, Deckard (#5)
You, Dickard and the other 15 kooks that post here should pass the foil hat and raise funds for kook Jones.
#10. To: Tooconservative (#9)
#11. To: GrandIsland (#10)
The douchebag stepped WAY over the line suggesting that 30 plus parents were actors AFTER they did burry their children.
#12. To: GrandIsland (#10)
...using the deaths of hundreds of children and plane passengers as a stepping stone to scare sheep into following your news source.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#13. To: Tooconservative (#11)
#14. To: A K A Stone (#13)
(Edited)
I'm planning a vacation to the beach. If the weatherman gets the forecast wrong it will ruin my vacation and I should be able to sue him correct?
#15. To: GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#14)
#16. To: GrandIsland (#14)
(Edited)
#17. To: A K A Stone, GrandIsland (#16)
(Edited)
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#18. To: Tooconservative (#17)
Maybe you should watch the movie Idiocracy. That's where we're headed.
#19. To: Tooconservative (#17)
Look at the misery and serious illness and even death caused by the anti-vaxxers, another pack of organized and cult-like kooks.
#20. To: Fred Mertz (#19)
and fluoride treatments
#21. To: GrandIsland (#20)
#22. To: Tooconservative (#21)
They sure do seem to get upset when someone describes them (accurately) as cultish kooks, don't they?
#23. To: Fred Mertz (#19)
I'm sure you've taken all your required vaccines and fluoride treatments so that you pay your taxes on time.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#24. To: Deckard (#23)
#25. To: A K A Stone (#24)
You've never received any vaccinations?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
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