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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInfowars owner Alex Jones just lost a THIRD defamation suit
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In a court filing unsealed Friday, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble issued her ruling for default judgment against Jones in the defamation case brought by father Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in the shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead.
A default judgment means Jones and Infowars will now be liable for all damages, and a jury will decide how much he will have to pay.
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)kimbutgar
(21,139 posts)durablend
(7,460 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)Deuxcents
(16,200 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)and like Trump, he has entered that period of his life where he will die of natural causes long before anyone forces him to pay.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,408 posts)Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)that's old enough. My comment was more about how slowly the courts work than his calendar age.
John Ludi
(589 posts)is TEN years younger than me? Wow...what a healthy specimen he is.
2naSalit
(86,596 posts)And can only start to get close to going in the right direction when that bloviation is denied access to a microphone and broadcast ability.
viva la
(3,293 posts)It would be reduced later, but bankrupt the filthy jerk and destroy his company.
DBoon
(22,366 posts)I'm sure they would pay relocation expenses
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)DBoon
(22,366 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)They could order a billion dollars restitution but he would pay only few thousand and that would be after many years of legal wrangling. He isn't worried about the lawsuits. They will be nothing but a minor annoyance.
There's no way any civil lawsuit can seriously hurt him.
Only if they could get him on criminal charges would there be any potential justice.
spanone
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Goonch
(3,607 posts)oldsoftie
(12,534 posts)These days you cant keep ANYTHING major secret. Someone would have certainly been busted by now if ANY of these instances were real
AllaN01Bear
(18,200 posts)Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)On the air: "I AM DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT ALL THIS PSYCHOTIC SHIT I'M TALKING"
In front of a judge: "i'm so sorry your honor it's just a character i play"
Back on the air: "I AM DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT ALL THIS PSYCHOTIC SHIT I'M TALKING REEEEE REEEE REEEEEE"
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,195 posts)I watched the last 30 to 40 of the hearing back in early September and the judge was pissed. Susan sent me the first two orders on Wednesday of last week and the third order was released on Friday.
The judge was pissed at Jones' counsel and had promised to provide discovery in two weeks. The orders were issued well after the two weeks had expired.
I have seen some videos of the depos and Jones is a different person in a depo compared to his cable show persona but is still an asshole. He sent a corporate representative to a depo who had no knowledge of the facts and I answered "I do not know" to every question which pissed off the judge.
This is a probono case but Mark has been awarded some decent attorney fees.