Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 for each plaintiff. resolve relatives’ lawsuit of Victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting who said he defamed them by saying the massacre never happened, according to court documents on Tuesday. The offer was quickly rejected by the families.
Judge from Connecticut found Jones’ responsibility for damage in November, and a trial is planned to determine how a lot of it should pay families.
According to the plaintiffs, they were harassed and death threats from Jones followers because of propagated false conspiracy on his show.
court documents posted online said: “G. Jones sincerely apologizes for any upset of his remarks caused”.
Last week, Jones violated a court order to attend a deposition near his home. home in Austin, Texas, to testify of trial. Jones said he was sick. Hearing set for Wednesday on plaintiffs’ request for Jones to be punished for does not cooperate.
Lawyers for the families rejected the settlement offer within hours, saying in lawsuits that it was “a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones escape but public settlement under oath with its deceitful, profit oriented campaign against plaintiffs and memory of their loved ones died at Sandy Hook.”
twenty first class students and six teachers were killed in 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Families of eight of victims and FBI agent who responded to the school that sued Jones, Infowars and others in Connecticut over false conspiracy. Jones has since said that he thinks the shooting occur.
Jones also It was found responsible for damage in similar claims filed in Texas by Relatives of Victims of Sandy Hook and also will appear in court later year.
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