Before opening statements began, the judge sanctioned Alex Jones' legal team for what she described as their 'stunningly cavalier attitude' toward turning over evidence.
A Connecticut jury began hearing arguments Tuesday in the trial of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to decide how much money he should pay the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and an FBI agent who responded to the December 2012 attack.ordered by a Texas jury last month to pay nearly $50 million
The trial — stemming from a civil case Jones lost by default last year — is being held in Waterbury, Connecticut, about 20 miles from the attack in which a gunman killed 20 first graders and six educators. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones during his trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 3.Before opening statements began, Bellis sanctioned Jones' legal team for what she described as their"stunningly cavalier attitude" toward turning over evidence. Bellis said they"consistently engaged in dilatory and obstructive discovery practices." Jones' attorneys did not turn over data of his Infowars website's traffic.
During opening statements, Christopher Mattei, an attorney for the families, told jurors of Jones' business model, saying he profited off of spreading"fear and anxiety and paranoia in his audience." Mattei showed slides of Infowars traffic data, including one that showed that in December 2012, the month of the Sandy Hook shooting, the site attracted more than 4.6 million users and upward of 24.9 million page views.
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