Supreme Court nixes Alex Jonesâ appeal in Newtown shooting case
By DAVE COLLINS The Associated Press,Updated April 5, 2021, 1 hour ago
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Jones was penalized in 2019 by a trial court judge for an angry outburst on his web show against an attorney for the relatives and for violating numerous orders to turn over documents to the families' lawyers. Judge Barbara Bellis barred Jones from filing a motion to dismiss the case and said she would order Jones to pay some of the families' legal fees.