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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlex Jones and Infowars Are Sued for Defamation After Misidentifying Parkland Gunman
Juanita Jean's son, Mark, is representing this plaintiff in this case. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/business/media/infowars-lawsuit-parkland-shooting.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
On Monday, Mr. Fontaine filed a defamation lawsuit against Infowars, one of its reporters and its right-wing founder, Alex Jones, asserting that their story misidentified him as the gunman and caused his photo to spread across social media, message boards and other websites. In the lawsuit, a lawyer for Mr. Fontaine said it appeared that Infowars published his photo simply because of his shirt.
Mr. Jones and Infowars have long been consumed with paranoia over the prospect of communist infiltration and indoctrination, the lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court in Austin, Tex., said. Over the past year alone, Infowars has featured hundreds of sensationalist articles and videos focusing on the threat of communist agitation and conspiracies.
Mr. Fontaine declined a request for an interview, but his lawyer, Mark D. Bankston, said it was obvious that Mr. Fontaines shirt was not to be taken seriously. The shirt, which is called The Communist Party, shows Marx, the 19th century economist who wrote The Communist Manifesto, wearing a lampshade on his head and Stalin, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Fidel Castro drinking from red plastic cups.....
On Monday, Mr. Fontaine filed a defamation lawsuit against Infowars, one of its reporters and its right-wing founder, Alex Jones, asserting that their story misidentified him as the gunman and caused his photo to spread across social media, message boards and other websites. In the lawsuit, a lawyer for Mr. Fontaine said it appeared that Infowars published his photo simply because of his shirt.
Mr. Jones and Infowars have long been consumed with paranoia over the prospect of communist infiltration and indoctrination, the lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court in Austin, Tex., said. Over the past year alone, Infowars has featured hundreds of sensationalist articles and videos focusing on the threat of communist agitation and conspiracies.
Mr. Fontaine declined a request for an interview, but his lawyer, Mark D. Bankston, said it was obvious that Mr. Fontaines shirt was not to be taken seriously. The shirt, which is called The Communist Party, shows Marx, the 19th century economist who wrote The Communist Manifesto, wearing a lampshade on his head and Stalin, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Fidel Castro drinking from red plastic cups.
Mr. Jones and Infowars have long been consumed with paranoia over the prospect of communist infiltration and indoctrination, the lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court in Austin, Tex., said. Over the past year alone, Infowars has featured hundreds of sensationalist articles and videos focusing on the threat of communist agitation and conspiracies.
Mr. Fontaine declined a request for an interview, but his lawyer, Mark D. Bankston, said it was obvious that Mr. Fontaines shirt was not to be taken seriously. The shirt, which is called The Communist Party, shows Marx, the 19th century economist who wrote The Communist Manifesto, wearing a lampshade on his head and Stalin, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Fidel Castro drinking from red plastic cups.....
On Monday, Mr. Fontaine filed a defamation lawsuit against Infowars, one of its reporters and its right-wing founder, Alex Jones, asserting that their story misidentified him as the gunman and caused his photo to spread across social media, message boards and other websites. In the lawsuit, a lawyer for Mr. Fontaine said it appeared that Infowars published his photo simply because of his shirt.
Mr. Jones and Infowars have long been consumed with paranoia over the prospect of communist infiltration and indoctrination, the lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court in Austin, Tex., said. Over the past year alone, Infowars has featured hundreds of sensationalist articles and videos focusing on the threat of communist agitation and conspiracies.
Mr. Fontaine declined a request for an interview, but his lawyer, Mark D. Bankston, said it was obvious that Mr. Fontaines shirt was not to be taken seriously. The shirt, which is called The Communist Party, shows Marx, the 19th century economist who wrote The Communist Manifesto, wearing a lampshade on his head and Stalin, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Fidel Castro drinking from red plastic cups.
Juanita Jean and Bubba are very proud of Mark. This looks like a fun lawsuit
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Alex Jones and Infowars Are Sued for Defamation After Misidentifying Parkland Gunman (Original Post)
Gothmog
Apr 2018
OP
the scumbag has probably squirreled away his money in an attempt to make him judgment proof...
Thomas Hurt
Apr 2018
#5
DBoon
(22,414 posts)1. I think a dedicated Marxist/Leninist would find the t shirt offensive
it is obviously mocking the icons of communism and portraying them as drunken fools
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. What wonderful Gotha.
malaise
(269,239 posts)3. I hope they are bankrupt when this ends
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Gothmog
(145,751 posts)4. Alex Jones Hit With Another Defamation Lawsuit, And It Could Go To A Jury
This case will be fun to watch https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alex-jones-another-defamation-lawsuit_us_5abe758ee4b055e50acd5e45
On Monday, attorneys for Marcel Fontaine ― a 24-year-old Boston man whom Jones website, Infowars, incorrectly identified as the Parkland, Florida, school shooter in a Feb. 14 article ― filed a defamation lawsuit against Jones and his publication.
Whats more: Fontaine plans to take his case against Jones conspiracy-laden site to a jury instead of settling the matter behind closed doors, Fontaines lawyer Mark Bankston, of the law firm Farrar & Ball, told HuffPost.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Travis County, Texas, names Jones, Infowars, Free Speech Systems and author Kit Daniels as defendants in the case.
Bankston told HuffPost he estimates the number of people who connected Fontaines image to that of the shooter was in the hundreds of millions. Threats soon poured in against the innocent man, accusing him of being a crisis actor involved in a false flag operation as part of the deep state, according to the lawsuit.
In other words, Mr. Fontaine continues to suffer harassment and peril even from individuals aware of his identity as a Masschusets resident, the lawsuit reads.
Whats more: Fontaine plans to take his case against Jones conspiracy-laden site to a jury instead of settling the matter behind closed doors, Fontaines lawyer Mark Bankston, of the law firm Farrar & Ball, told HuffPost.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Travis County, Texas, names Jones, Infowars, Free Speech Systems and author Kit Daniels as defendants in the case.
Bankston told HuffPost he estimates the number of people who connected Fontaines image to that of the shooter was in the hundreds of millions. Threats soon poured in against the innocent man, accusing him of being a crisis actor involved in a false flag operation as part of the deep state, according to the lawsuit.
In other words, Mr. Fontaine continues to suffer harassment and peril even from individuals aware of his identity as a Masschusets resident, the lawsuit reads.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)5. the scumbag has probably squirreled away his money in an attempt to make him judgment proof...
hopefully they can get to some assets.