Newtown families: Alex Jones fails to show up for deposition
Source: ABC
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
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)Traildogbob
(8,576 posts)Hawley Cotton Cruz and Lindsay will storm out looking for someone to enforce the law in their battle of weak on crime.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)He kept trying to delay things by claiming to be too sick.
One day the judge ordered Jackson to appear in court within about 60 minutes or be jailed in contempt.
Jackson showed up immediately in PJ's and slippers.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)But he'll be OK as people will keep buying his "supplements"
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)orleans
(33,987 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,468 posts)in the head.
2naSalit
(86,056 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)New T-Shirt....?
Is this his daily excuse until he dies?
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)How long does the judge have to continue the delay?