Alex Jones Petitions Judge For New Sandy Hook Trial

CBS News reports:

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting.

Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis’ pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and “a substantial miscarriage of justice.”

“Additionally, the amount of the compensatory damages award exceeds any rational relationship to the evidence offered at trial,” Jones’ lawyers, Norm Pattis and Kevin Smith, wrote in the motion.

The Hartford Courant reports:

Sandy Hook families are asking a Connecticut judge to order massive punitive damages for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who separately asked the court for a new trial and a revocation of the original nearly $1 billion judgment in the Sandy Hook defamation case.

The families said in court documents that they are seeking the “highest possible punitive damages award,” which could be as high as $2.75 trillion, according to one calculation included in a court memorandum.

Both parties filed their requests with the Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury less than 10 days after a jury ordered Jones to pay $965 million in compensatory damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and an FBI agent.

Sandy Hook families are asking a Connecticut judge to order punitive damages for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who separately asked the court for a new trial and a revocation of the original nearly $1 billion judgment in the Sandy Hook defamation case. https://t.co/5uldpslOmd

— Hartford Courant (@hartfordcourant) October 22, 2022