Alex Jones fails to show up for deposition

[left-of-center2012]

Infowars host Alex Jones failed to show up and testify under oath at a deposition Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, leading the families' lawyer to call for Jones' arrest if he doesn't appear again Thursday.

Jones, whose attorney said he missed the deposition because of an appointment for undisclosed medical conditions, was scheduled to testify Wednesday and Thursday in Austin, Texas, where Infowars is based, in connection with the relatives’ defamation lawsuit against him for calling the 2012 school massacre a hoax.

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Wednesday ordered Jones to appear at the deposition Thursday and asked lawyers to submit briefs on whether she can issue an arrest order to have Jones brought to the proceeding if he fails to attend again. If Bellis doesn't issue such an order, Mattei said he would seek a subpoena in Texas. Bellis also said Jones needs to submit medical documentation if he can't attend Thursday, Mattei said.

The doctor scheduled a “comprehensive medical workup” on Jones for Wednesday, and remains convinced that Jones should not attend a deposition or return to work, his lawyer, Norman Pattis Jones wrote.
However Jones broadcasted his daily website show at the Infowars studio in Austin.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/newtown-families-alex-jones-fails-show-deposition-83627225

[walkingman]

1. We live in a dystopian world basically controlled by white America. There is not accountability

and in truth never has been - welcome to Amerika. Disgusting.

[bluestarone]

2. Seems like court orders mean NOTHING to ALL of these

RUMP loving mother fuckers!!

[RainCaster]

3. Lock him up! nt

[ironflange]

4. That photo is a fake

His mouth isn't open.

[Celerity]

7. here

[ironflange]

10. much better, thank you

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Plaintiffs Seek Capias Order for Alex Jones to Be Arrested If He Fails to Appear for Deposition

The judge and the plaintiffs are tired of Alex Jones' games

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Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a defamation lawsuit against alt-right commentator Alex E. Jones requested a capias order for him to be arrested following his failure to appear for a deposition on Wednesday.

Christopher M. Mattei, of Koskoff Koskoff & Beider, asked Superior Court Judge Barbara N. Bellis to order Jones to attend his deposition at 9 a.m. Thursday (CDT) in Austin, Texas.

“We are going to exhaust every option we have to secure his testimony,” Mattei said.

Late Wednesday afternoon, Bellis ordered Jones to appear for his “duly noticed deposition, as he has not submitted additional evidence for the court to evaluate on the issue of his alleged medical conditions.”

She declined to issue a capias “at this time,” but noted that if he fails to appear again, he will be “in direct contempt of the court’s orders.”

During an emergency status conference Wednesday, Bellis indicated that she would order Jones to appear unless the defendant provided credible evidence that it was too dangerous for him to do so.

[Celerity]

6. lock that seditionist bawbag up

[AngryOldDem]

8. Alex has a terminal case of chickenshititis.

POS.

[Achilleaze]

9. Another Republican squirming away from truth

and being held to account for his lies.

How Republican is that?