Alex Jones’ Tirade Against Opposing Counsel Earns Him a Sanction
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Courthouse News Service reports that a Connecticut judge has slapped conspiracy theorist and defamation suit defendant Alex Jones with sanctions after he posted a 20-minute tirade against plaintiff’s attorney.
The video rant came after files turned over by the defense were found to contain images of child pornography.
In the video, Jones pounded on a photo of Chris Mattei, a lawyer for the families suing Jones for defamation over his statements that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax. “You’re trying to set me up with child porn, I’ll get your ass,” Jones said, as he beat on the Mattei photo.
“The court has no doubt that Alex Jones was accusing plaintiffs counsel of planting child pornography,” Bridgeport Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis said.
CNN reports that, under the sanction, the defense will be denied the opportunity to pursue special motions to dismiss moving forward in the lawsuit. The court will also award attorneys fees and filing fees to the Sandy Hook families’ lawyers related to the issue that Jones went off about in his broadcast: child pornography that Jones’ team inadvertently turned over to the plaintiffs.
Read the Courthouse News article.
