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LetMyPeopleVote

(154,549 posts)
Tue Jul 26, 2022, 01:45 AM Jul 2022

Alex Jones' 'medical issues' may prevent him from attending 'parts of' Sandy Hook trial in Texas

Jones may be faking another "medical condition"




https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-medical-issues-may-prevent-17328281.php

Alex Jones’ attorney says the Infowars host may not be in the courthouse much during his trial in Texas to determine how much he owes in defamation damages to the parents of a slain Sandy Hook boy.

“Alex, you may have noticed is not here, like the plaintiffs. He may not be here through parts of the trial,” said F. Andino Reynal, attorney for Jones, during jury selection on Monday.

Jones, Reynal said, “has medical issues” that prevent him from being present and that he “has no obligation to be here.”

In the spring, Jones was issued escalating $25,000 daily fines by a Connecticut judge for failing to show up for court-ordered depositions in March. His attorneys at the time provided a doctor’s note describing “acute medical issues that were time-sensitive and potentially serious.”

In a message on Infowars, Jones blamed stress and the cardiovascular effects of his COVID-19 infection last year for why he couldn’t make the depositions. He eventually came to Connecticut for his deposition.
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Alex Jones' 'medical issues' may prevent him from attending 'parts of' Sandy Hook trial in Texas (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 OP
Jury selected and openings start tomorrow at 9 AM CDT LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #1
He's a cowardly weasel, ain't he? dchill Jul 2022 #2
Stage 4 pucker? mahina Jul 2022 #3
Why do these fuckers Maine Abu El Banat Jul 2022 #4
Does Jones's attendance matter? PJMcK Jul 2022 #5
It didn't prevent him from walking to the Capital on 1/6! Bluethroughu Jul 2022 #6
Jones is not in the courtoom LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #7
His medical conditions can be summed up as spineless and yellow. Chainfire Jul 2022 #8
As Sandy Hook defamation trial begins, Alex Jones might be absent LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #9
I smell a chickenshit motherfucker. Paladin Jul 2022 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #11
Alex Jons is at the trial LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #12

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,549 posts)
1. Jury selected and openings start tomorrow at 9 AM CDT
Tue Jul 26, 2022, 01:47 AM
Jul 2022

Juanita Jean's son, Mark Bankston, will be doing opening

The court has a youtube channel



This is the link on the website
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_rPoUGrNEGiqEtiAPTLEg

PJMcK

(22,888 posts)
5. Does Jones's attendance matter?
Tue Jul 26, 2022, 06:24 AM
Jul 2022

After all, the judge, court reporter, prosecutors, defense attorneys and the jury will all be present. The case will be presented and rebutted then presented to the jury. Alex Jones doesn't need to be in the courtroom.

In fact, his absence will probably subconsciously work against him since the jury will wonder why the coward isn't there. (No one will buy his health excuse BS.)

The best part, to me, is that this is only one of many defamation cases Jones will face. He's going to live in a world of hurt for quite some time.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,549 posts)
9. As Sandy Hook defamation trial begins, Alex Jones might be absent
Tue Jul 26, 2022, 10:28 AM
Jul 2022

I am watching the opening and Jones is not there



https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/26/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-trial-texas/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main

As a civil trial begins Tuesday in Texas to determine how much Alex Jones owes in defamation damages to the parents of victims in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School after he falsely claimed the massacre was a “giant hoax,” unspecified medical problems could prevent the right-wing conspiracy theorist from being in the courthouse, according to his attorney.

During jury selection on Monday, Jones’s attorney, F. Andino Reynal, told the Austin courtroom that the founder of Infowars “has medical issues” that could keep him from showing up during parts of the trial, even though he “has no obligation to be here.”

“Alex, you may have noticed, is not here, like the plaintiffs,” said Reynal, according to the News-Times in Danbury, Conn. “He may not be here through parts of the trial.”....

While Reynal did not specify what “medical issues” could prevent the 48-year-old from attending the trial in person, Jones, who has already lost several defamation lawsuits related to his Sandy Hook falsehoods, has previously blamed stress and cardiovascular effects from his coronavirus infection for missing depositions in the Connecticut trial last year. Jones has also faced daily fines of $25,000 from a Connecticut judge for failing to show up for court-ordered depositions in March.



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