An FBI agent struggled to control his emotions as he described on the witness stand seeing bodies inside Sandy Hook elementary school -- a scene that the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones later claimed was staged by actors
Plaintiff William Aldenberg listens to lead plaintiff attorney Chris Mattei ask a question as he testifies during conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' trial at Waterbury Superior Court, Tuesday morning, Sept. 13, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. A Connecticut jury has begun hearing arguments about how much money Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax. WATERBURY, Conn.
“It’s one of the worst things that ever happened, if not the worst thing that ever happened here, what happened to them,” Aldenberg said. “And people want to say this didn’t happen? And then they want to get rich off of it? That's the worst part.” Some say strangers have videotaped them and their surviving children. They’ve also endured death threats and been subjected to abusive comments on social media. And some families have moved out of Newtown to avoid harassment. They accuse Jones of causing them emotional and psychological harm.
A jury of three men and three women along with several alternates will decide how much Jones should pay relatives of eight victims and Aldenberg. Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones liable without a trial last year after he failed to turn over documents to the families’ lawyers. Mattei showed jurors data indicating how Jones' audience increased as he spread lies about the shooting. He also showed them photos and videos of things Jones had said, and told the panel they already had the tools from their own life experiences to decide what to do in this case.
“At what point do we regard him as a crank on the village green, a person we can walk away from if we choose?” he asked.
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