Connecticut Judge Balks at Defense Attorney ‘Musical Chairs’ as Sandy Hook Families Seek to Tie Alex Jones to ‘White Supremacy’ – By Aaron Keller (Law and Crime) / July 26, 2022
Attorneys for several of the plaintiffs in a Connecticut defamation lawsuit against InfoWars host Alex Jones and several associated entities have asked a judge to allow them to elicit testimony about “white supremacy” and “right-wing extremism” in a swiftly approaching trial.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin in early August — and testimony will commence in September — to determine the degree of damages suffered by the families of some Sandy Hook school shooting victims as a result of Jones’ original claims that the shooting was a hoax. A judge already entered a default judgment of defamation against Jones last November — largely because Jones didn’t comply with discovery procedures.
Jones has since walked back the conspiracy theories.
As Law&Crime reported last week, Jones asked a judge to ban “the introduction of evidence on the topics of white supremacy and right-wing extremism” as inadmissible character evidence. The plaintiffs objected on Monday.
