Alex Jones, after incurring thousands in fines, finally sits for Sandy Hook case deposition

Alex Jones was being questioned Wednesday by attorneys for households of Sandy Hook victims in Connecticut, the place a choose had ordered the Infowars host to face mounting fines till he appeared for a deposition.

Relations of a number of the 20 kids and 6 educators killed within the 2012 Newtown, Conn., bloodbath sued Jones for defamation after he mentioned the taking pictures by no means occurred. A choose discovered Jones responsible for damages and a trial on how a lot he ought to pay the households is ready for August.

Jones, who lives in Texas, had defied a choose’s order to seem for a deposition within the case, saying he was too sick.

However Connecticut Decide Barbara Bellis mentioned there wasn’t sufficient proof that Jones was too sick to attend and ordered him to return to Connecticut for questioning and pay escalating day by day fines till he did so. Jones paid $25,000 US in fines for Friday and $50,000 in fines for Monday, in line with courtroom information.

A spokesperson for the households and their attorneys at Bridgeport-based Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder declined to touch upon the deposition Wednesday.

Jones mentioned in a video on the Infowars web site that the deposition started Tuesday and was to proceed Wednesday.

“These individuals wish to put us in jail for our speech,” Jones mentioned.

Jones missed the initially scheduled deposition within the case on March 23 and 24 in Austin, Texas. He cited a well being difficulty together with vertigo that his docs initially thought was a critical coronary heart drawback however turned out to be a sinus an infection.

The plaintiffs have mentioned they’ve been subjected to harassment and loss of life threats from Jones’s followers due to the hoax conspiracy promoted on his on-line present. Jones has since conceded the taking pictures did occur.