SCOOP: A Texas judge has ruled default judgements against Alex Jones and Infowars in two separate Sandy Hook cases. He will now be liable for all damages and a jury will now be convened to determine how much he will owe the plaintiffs. https://t.co/9TOSYkbYhZ
— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) September 30, 2021
… Judge Maya Guerra Gamble on Monday issued her ruling for default judgments against Jones in two different cases, which means he and the conspiracy-theory-spewing outlet Infowars have been found liable for all damages and a jury will now be convened to determine how much he will owe the plaintiffs. The new rulings became public Thursday.
In the filings, Gamble eviscerated Jones and reasoned that default judgments should be ordered because “an escalating series of judicial admonishments, monetary penalties, and non-dispositive sanctions have all been ineffective at deterring the abuse,” caused by Jones’ unwillingness to turn over documents related to the cases, the Texas judge ruled.
The ruling — which is often referred to in Texas as a “death penalty sanction” for a party unwilling to comply with court orders — is a rarity in the legal world. Jones, who is now on his seventh lawyer in these cases, had years to provide documentation requested by the court, including internal company emails…
The hometown paper, Connecticut Post, today:
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.https://t.co/ufp3Gv4mJx
— Connecticut Post (@connpost) October 1, 2021
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.
During 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.
The parents, who sued Jones for more than $1 million, will have their cases sent to a jury to determine damages.
Jones 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…
Yes, odds are against the parents ever seeing a dime — much less shutting this sociopath up — but every hour Alex Jones is in court is an hour he’s not further poisoning the public discourse, so due honor to their service in support of their slaughtered children.
Poe Larity
Texas jury will probably award $1.
Parfigliano
Multiple times willfully defies a court order and not in jail for contempt? White privilege. Pure and simple.
He knows he is judgement proof because he knows he cant/wont pay and the court will do nothing.
Anoniminous
According to this the asshole is worth $5 million
Mary G
I am so sick of these people – this mook, TFG and his band of merry sociopaths, the judges who don’t disclose conflict, the Fed Society sock puppets on the highest court of the land out giving speeches that up is down and black is white, cops who think they can make all.the rules, and on and on..
Elizabelle
Bankrupt him.
Starboard Tack
An absolutely VILE piece of shit.
RaflW
So when he refuses to pay a dime after the jury decides on an amount (and I suspect that it won’t be $1, I don’t think people around Austin like the scumbag), can the Judge eventually jail him for contempt? I’m guessing no, but I can dream.
Wag
I applaud the Judge in this case. Good for her!
?BillinGlendaleCA
I was planning on heading up to the eastern Sierra to capture the zodiacal light, sunrise over Mono Lake and fall color. Then I realized that the Moon would still be in the sky before sunrise so the zodiacal light part won’t work, then the Sun wouldn’t be far enough north for sunrise at Mono Lake to work right, and the smoke forecast turned ugly in the past few hours. I’m still going, but just for the fall color around Bishop in the morning and then play it by ear.
Omnes Omnibus
@RaflW: They can seize assets, garnish bank accounts, and many fun things.
Kattails
@Omnes Omnibus: they should do all of that. Popehat would like to see him living under a freeway overpass. I can’t imagine the anguish this asshole and his thugs have caused to already heartbroken people.
Omnes Omnibus
@Kattails: They will, but it will take time. Legal processes almost always do.
Virginia
My other favorite blog is Juanita Jean. She’s in SE Texas, her husband (who died recently) was a lawyer then a judge. Her son is the attorney who’s on the team that sued Alex Jones.
https://juanitajean.com/alex-jones-3/
over the past couple of years she’s offered a bit of info about the case.
RaflW
OT, but Gottheimer tried to get his Problem Caucus to cosign a bitter, tear-stained letter to Nancy this evening.
They all demurred. She’s too gracious (and aware of the slim majority) to do anything hasty. But I can’t imagine this will go super well for him. Darn.
mrmoshpotato
Hope he keels over in court.
West of the Rockies
Good. I hope Jones is miserable, with anxiety-induced flaming-hot diarrhea to match what comes out of his mouth on a daily basis.
Winston
I can’t believe a documentary of Insperation4 has appeared on Netflix within 2 weeks of it happening. It is great. Made me cry. Must see even if you have to subscribe. Look for Countdown; Inspiration4.
Origuy
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Back in August, I went from Reno to Bridgeport, trying to avoid the smoke. I took Alt-95 south to NV208, which starts to follow the Walker River south of Yerington. From there I took 208 to NV338, which becomes CA182. That meets US395 just south of Bridgeport. There’s a section near the state line that goes through a canyon along the Walker River that is really pretty nice. I’d never heard of it before. You could probably go in the other direction, turning off at NV829 to pick up NV208 west to US395 north of Topaz Lake.
Chris Johnson
@Omnes Omnibus: This.
We’ve got posters who like to carry on about how they want to personally attack all the baddies, how all is lost and they more or less want to take a machete out into the populace and start swinging because everything is so fucked and they’re so surrounded by enemies, as are we all.
Trolls, in other words. I watch closely for anybody who seems to be really dedicated to civil war and convincing all sides that there’s nothing for it but to start shooting, because I think we have Russians posting here like they do everywhere else.
But THIS is how it’s done. This is what they don’t want us to remember, or see.
We have a civilization. And it doesn’t just sit idly by while folks try to dismantle it. There are rules, and there are people whose job it is to NOT fall apart or flail around in violence and despair.
Good thread. Good judge (but that is their job, in fact). Good reminder.
LiminalOwl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: We shall enjoy your pictures, no matter what the subject.
Tehanu
@Mary G:
You’re not alone.