Alex Jones testifies over damages he must pay families for Sandy Hook hoax claims

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand at his defamation trial as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

Plaintiff's attorney Chris Mattei questions Alex Jones on Thursday at Jones' trial to determine defamation damages in Waterbury, Conn.

Plaintiffs attorney Christopher Mattei showed a video from Jones' Infowars web show in which he called the mass shooting"phony as a three-dollar bill" and called the parents of the victims"crisis actors." On his show, he has called the trial an attack on free speech and when asked Thursday how important he felt the proceeding was, he answered,"I think this is historic."

"This is not the appropriate forum for you to offer that testimony," Bellis said. Jones indicated that he understood.But the jury had to be sent out of the courtroom several times while attorneys argued about the scope of Jones' answers.Jones expresses regret but says his comments have been misrepresented

Jones also has been found liable by default in two similar lawsuits over the hoax lies in his hometown of Austin, Texas, where a jury in one of the trials ordered Jones last month toin damages to the parents of one of the children killed. A third trial in Texas is expected to begin near the end of the year.

 

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