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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,089 posts)
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 01:11 PM Apr 2022

Alex Jones fined $25,000 in Sandy Hook massacre defamation case

A Connecticut judge has denied a motion to halt financial penalties imposed on Alex Jones. As of Friday, the conspiracy theorist and right-wing provocateur owes $25,000 for declining to sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims.

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis assessed the fine, which increases exponentially each day Jones refuses to appear, and on Friday denied his motion for a stay.

Jones appealed to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

"The defendant in this case is Alex Jones, and, to many, that is reason enough to uphold any fine or sanction. But the law, our law, is better than mere vendetta," defense attorney Norm Pattis wrote in the state supreme court appeal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/alex-jones-fined-25-000-in-sandy-hook-massacre-defamation-case/ar-AAVLixy

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Alex Jones fined $25,000 in Sandy Hook massacre defamation case (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
Bury that motherfucker CrackityJones75 Apr 2022 #1
Nice try Norm. This is no "vendetta". bluesbassman Apr 2022 #2

bluesbassman

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2. Nice try Norm. This is no "vendetta".
Fri Apr 1, 2022, 01:17 PM
Apr 2022

You and you client are abusing the law you appear to revere. Tell your client to pay his fine and sit down. He’s wasted enough of the court’s time.

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