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2018-04-18 08:03:20 UTC
Why was the school bulldozed as soon as the "investigation" was
over?
Parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary
School attacks filed defamation lawsuits on Monday against right-
wing conspiracy theorist and radio show host Alex Jones, who has
questioned the authenticity of the 2012 shooting that left 26
dead, including 20 children.
Leonard Pozner and his former wife, Veronique De La Rosa,
parents of Noah Pozner, and Neil Heslin, the father of Jesse
Lewis, are seeking more than $1 million in damages in separate
lawsuits.
The two defamation cases were filed in Austin, Texas, where
Jones lives and has espoused claims that the massacre was "a
giant hoax" and "that the whole thing was fake" staged by the
federal government, which hired professional actors for the
purposes of undermining Second Amendment rights.
"This conspiracy theory, which has been pushed by InfoWars and
Mr. Jones since the day of the shooting, alleges that the Sandy
Hook massacre did not happen, or that it was staged by the
government and concealed using actors, and that the parents of
the victims are participants in a horrifying cover-up," the
plaintiffs said in their suits.
Both boys were among 20 first-grade students killed inside the
school in Newtown, Conn.
Days after the shooting, Noah's mother told NPR the 6-year-old
boy "was a ball of fire, energy, unrestrainable love, light,
everything, the essence of life."
Jones did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
The New York Times reported the lawsuits "represent the first
civil action taken by parents accusing Mr. Jones of defamation."
The lawsuits chronicle a number of articles published on
InfoWars.com as well as broadcasts hosted by Jones, wherein he
is sometimes joined by reporter Owen Shroyer or an unnamed
producer, in which the plaintiffs say he waged a "years-long
campaign to convince their audience that Sandy Hook was faked
and that the parents are lying."
In the case pertaining to Pozner and De La Rosa, the court
documents point to an episode of The Alex Jones Show called
Sandy Hook Vampires Exposed, in which Jones alleged CNN used a
series of green screens in its coverage of the aftermath of the
shooting. As evidence, Jones claimed footage of CNN host
Anderson Cooper contained several glitches because of a poorly
placed green screen.
However, the lawsuit explains the reason for the video
anomalies: "The visual effect described by Mr. Jones is the
result of motion compensation video compression."
Heslin's lawsuit notes the case "arises out of accusation by
InfoWars in the summer of 2017 that Plaintiff was lying about
whether he actually held his son's body and observed a bullet
hole in his head. This heartless and vile act of defamation re-
ignited the Sandy Hook 'false flag' conspiracy and tore open the
emotional wounds that Plaintiff has tried so desperately to
heal."
The families filing the suits also say Jones' allegations led
some of his listeners to make death threats against the victims'
families.
Both lawsuits detail the case of Lucy Richards, a Florida woman
who was sentenced to five months in prison for threatening
Pozner. The judge in the case also ruled Richards would "not be
permitted to access a list of conspiracy-based websites upon her
release, including InfoWars. ... Ms. Richards' arrest and
sentencing are an ominous reminder of the danger posed by Mr.
Jones' continuing lies about the Plaintiffs' alleged role in
faking Sandy Hook."
The lawsuits contend the defendants acted with malice and their
defamatory publications have injured the plaintiffs' reputation
and image and that they have exposed them to "public and private
hatred, contempt, and ridicule."
As NPR reported, Jones is embroiled in another lawsuit, filed by
a former foreign service officer who says he received death
threats from Jones-inspired conspiracy theorists after sharing a
video of a woman being struck by a car during last year's
Charlottesville, Va., protests.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-
way/2018/04/17/603223968/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-
theorist-alex-jones-over-claim-shooting-was-fa
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Parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary
School attacks filed defamation lawsuits on Monday against right-
wing conspiracy theorist and radio show host Alex Jones, who has
questioned the authenticity of the 2012 shooting that left 26
dead, including 20 children.
Leonard Pozner and his former wife, Veronique De La Rosa,
parents of Noah Pozner, and Neil Heslin, the father of Jesse
Lewis, are seeking more than $1 million in damages in separate
lawsuits.
The two defamation cases were filed in Austin, Texas, where
Jones lives and has espoused claims that the massacre was "a
giant hoax" and "that the whole thing was fake" staged by the
federal government, which hired professional actors for the
purposes of undermining Second Amendment rights.
"This conspiracy theory, which has been pushed by InfoWars and
Mr. Jones since the day of the shooting, alleges that the Sandy
Hook massacre did not happen, or that it was staged by the
government and concealed using actors, and that the parents of
the victims are participants in a horrifying cover-up," the
plaintiffs said in their suits.
Both boys were among 20 first-grade students killed inside the
school in Newtown, Conn.
Days after the shooting, Noah's mother told NPR the 6-year-old
boy "was a ball of fire, energy, unrestrainable love, light,
everything, the essence of life."
Jones did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
The New York Times reported the lawsuits "represent the first
civil action taken by parents accusing Mr. Jones of defamation."
The lawsuits chronicle a number of articles published on
InfoWars.com as well as broadcasts hosted by Jones, wherein he
is sometimes joined by reporter Owen Shroyer or an unnamed
producer, in which the plaintiffs say he waged a "years-long
campaign to convince their audience that Sandy Hook was faked
and that the parents are lying."
In the case pertaining to Pozner and De La Rosa, the court
documents point to an episode of The Alex Jones Show called
Sandy Hook Vampires Exposed, in which Jones alleged CNN used a
series of green screens in its coverage of the aftermath of the
shooting. As evidence, Jones claimed footage of CNN host
Anderson Cooper contained several glitches because of a poorly
placed green screen.
However, the lawsuit explains the reason for the video
anomalies: "The visual effect described by Mr. Jones is the
result of motion compensation video compression."
Heslin's lawsuit notes the case "arises out of accusation by
InfoWars in the summer of 2017 that Plaintiff was lying about
whether he actually held his son's body and observed a bullet
hole in his head. This heartless and vile act of defamation re-
ignited the Sandy Hook 'false flag' conspiracy and tore open the
emotional wounds that Plaintiff has tried so desperately to
heal."
The families filing the suits also say Jones' allegations led
some of his listeners to make death threats against the victims'
families.
Both lawsuits detail the case of Lucy Richards, a Florida woman
who was sentenced to five months in prison for threatening
Pozner. The judge in the case also ruled Richards would "not be
permitted to access a list of conspiracy-based websites upon her
release, including InfoWars. ... Ms. Richards' arrest and
sentencing are an ominous reminder of the danger posed by Mr.
Jones' continuing lies about the Plaintiffs' alleged role in
faking Sandy Hook."
The lawsuits contend the defendants acted with malice and their
defamatory publications have injured the plaintiffs' reputation
and image and that they have exposed them to "public and private
hatred, contempt, and ridicule."
As NPR reported, Jones is embroiled in another lawsuit, filed by
a former foreign service officer who says he received death
threats from Jones-inspired conspiracy theorists after sharing a
video of a woman being struck by a car during last year's
Charlottesville, Va., protests.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-
way/2018/04/17/603223968/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-
theorist-alex-jones-over-claim-shooting-was-fa