Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he knew the Supreme Court wouldn't take up his request for an appeal of a $1.4 billion defamation judgment, even though his lawyers believed the case was “cut and dry.”
The Infowars host had argued that a judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut.
Alex Jones and his lawyers were repeatedly warned that if they did not participate they would receive a default judgement.
Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis cited the defendants’ “willful noncompliance” with the discovery process as the reasoning behind the ruling. Bellis noted that defendants failed to turned over financial and analytics data that were requested multiple times by the Sandy Hook family plaintiffs.
It was so much fun fucking around, Alex, but the time has come to find out.
Alex Jones and his lawyers were repeatedly warned that if they did not participate they would receive a default judgement.
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It was so much fun fucking around, Alex, but the time has come to find out.