Austin judge allows Sandy Hook lawsuit to proceed against Alex Jones

[Gothmog]

I heard about this ruling early this morning from Don Bankston. Mark Bankston is doing a great job in this case https://www.statesman.com/news/austin-judge-allows-sandy-hook-lawsuit-proceed-against-alex-jones/VzMGxJLSMQGwuky0IgzGUK/

State District Judge Scott Jenkins on Thursday denied Alex Jones’ request to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by the parents of a child killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, a lawyer for the family said.

Jenkins issued the order before this afternoon’s hearing on Jones’ request to dismiss a similar lawsuit, lawyer Mark Bankston said.

“I’m expecting an appeal, but we’ll see in the next 30 days,” Bankston said.

Jenkins also declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged that he was erroneously identified on a Jones-related website as the shooter at a Parkland, Fla., high school attack that left 17 dead in February. In that case, however, the judge dismissed Jones as a defendant, Bankston said.

Now Mark gets to take Alex Jones' depo

[irresistable]

1. Will Jones fall back again to his "performance art" defense?

[Gothmog]

2. That will not work in this case

[Leghorn21]

3. EXCELLENT NEWS.

Rock steady, Mark!!

Thanks for the update, Gothmog!

[Gothmog]

8. From Alex Jones's ex wife

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4. Off to the greatest page

Great news

[Gothmog]

5. Alex Jones Fails To Stop Sandy Hook Parents' Defamation Case

This makes me smile https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alex-jones-sandy-hook-parents-defamation-case_us_5b61c14fe4b0de86f49ceb02?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has failed to shut down a defamation lawsuit brought against him by the parents of a Sandy Hook victim.

Judge Scott Jenkins of the 53rd District Court ruled in Austin, Texas, on Thursday that the Infowars host must face claims from Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa. They’re seeking more than $1 million in damages for his repeated lies about the 2012 massacre. The ruling came after Jones attempted to get his case dismissed earlier this month.

“After considering the arguments of counsel and the record, including plaintiffs’ declarations filed on August 2, the court ORDERS that defendants’ motion is in all respects DENIED,” the court filing said.

Pozner and De La Rosa lost their 6-year-old son Noah when a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Jones was dismissed from the other lawsuit where he named some guy as the shooter in the Stoneman Douglas shooting

Jones’ legal battles are wide-ranging and have no immediate end in sight. Earlier this month, Jones was also in court for a motion to dismiss a different defamation lawsuit against him, brought by Marcel Fontaine. Infowars incorrectly identified Fontaine as the Parkland, Florida, shooter who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. Mark Bankston, of the law firm Farrar & Ball, is representing both the Pozner family and Fontaine in their respective lawsuits. Fontaine’s lawsuit will also move forward, Jenkins determined Thursday. Jones was removed as a defendant in that case, but Infowars and Free Speech LLC, which Jones owns and operates, will still be defendants.

Hopefully these lawsuits will bankrupt this asshole

[KCDebbie]

6. Good! I hope the Sandy Hook parents get ALL his money!

And Alex Jones Winds up living under a bridge somewhere in a couple...

[smirkymonkey]

11. They deserve it all after the hell he has put them through.

I can't believe the incredible cruelty in going after these grieving families the way he did. I hope they destroy him in court.

[Gothmog]

16. Same here

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[Gothmog]

7. Juanita Jean-The Good Guys win

From Juanita Jean http://juanitajean.com/the-good-guys-win/

The order for the Alex Jones case was signed yesterday and released this morning.

Little Bubba is in Austin for another hearing, but we have the results of the first hearing for the case representing the Sandy Hook parents.



That means Little Bubba won and the biggest hurdle for getting this to trial has been jumped.

God bless America.

[Cha]

9. Wonderful.. Thanks, Goth!

[Gothmog]

15. I have known the Bankstons for a long time

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[Va Lefty]

12. Gonna need to sell a lot more of his "magic elixirs" to keep that ship afloat!

[ProudLib72]

13. "Appeal"?

This is taking too long. Just toss his ass in prison till he croaks.

[Gothmog]

14. From my twitter feed

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