Alex Jones called the 2012 massacre of 26 first-graders and educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School “a giant hoax” and “completely fake with actors.”
The parents of two children killed in the shooting sued him for defamation and won.
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- Replying to @connpostA complaint filed by the families’ lawyers in Connecticut Superior Court says “There is no possible reasonable explanation for this conduct.” One of the images appears to depict a minion illustrated as filet mignon — with the caption “filet minion.”
- Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Remington, the manufacturer of the AR-15-style rifle used in the 2012 school shooting, included in its documents tens of thousands of irrelevant images — some of which were random cartoons.
- In 2017, a car mechanic went to retrieve art pieces that his friend had found in a dumpster at a barn. Unbeknownst to him, the art had a price tag in the millions.
- Charli D’Amelio went viral on TikTok just two months after she started posting videos in 2019. Now she’s the app’s biggest influencer with a whopping 123.5 million followers.
- Replying to @connpostDuring pretrial, Jones refused to submit documents, made public threats and implied that the trials were a sham, the parents’ attorney said. A Texas court ruled Jones had acted in “bad faith” and that he’d lost by default for not giving the documents.
- Replying to @connpostOther images are simpler cartoons, plus 1,521 video files of gender reveal parties and the ice bucket challenge, according to the complaint. The families’ lawyers say the company is trying to delay the case.
- Sandy Hook families — and an FBI agent who responded to the scene — who sued conspiracy extremist Alex Jones in Connecticut have won their defamation case by default. Jones had called the massacre “a giant hoax” and “completely fake with actors.”
- Replying to @connpostThe parents, who sued Jones for more than $1 million, will have their cases sent to a jury to determine damages.
- Lawyers for nine families suing Remington over the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting moved to seal confidential records of five first-graders, which were subpoenaed by the bankrupted gunmaker.
- Two Sandy Hook parents have gone into security-protected isolation after several unspecified "encounters" during a Texas trial to determine how much Alex Jones owes them in damages, their attorney said.
- Replying to @connpostJones also faces a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut by six families who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook massacre. The judge in that case has also threatened default against Jones if he doesn’t comply.
- A Connecticut man purchased a carrying case for his passport and COVID-19 vaccination card on Amazon. But when it arrived, he got something he didn’t order: a fake vaccine card.
- Horror fans might already know of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the late paranormal investigators featured in “The Conjuring” films. Here are some of their most infamous investigations, as seen on the big screen. ctpost.com/entertainment/…
