Sandy Hook Families DENY Alex Jones’s Settlement Offer
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- The families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting have unanimously denied Alex Jones’ settlement offer in the defamation lawsuit filed against Jones for his role in spreading lies about the incident. Jones allegedly offered each family $120,000 to settle the lawsuit outside of court as he rakes in tens to hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. ruclips.net/user/theyoungturkslive
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"Thirteen parents of children who died in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting have rejected a settlement offer and vague apology from InfoWars kingpin Alex Jones, according to court records. Jones offered to give each plaintiff $120,000, which the families unanimously rejected; in court filings, they said the offer was “a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones to escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign against the plaintiffs and the memory of their loved ones lost at Sandy Hook.”
The families sued Jones in a Connecticut court in 2018 for repeatedly claiming on air that the shooting was a “giant hoax” to advance a gun control agenda; they won a default judgment against him in November. Sandy Hook families in a separate case against Jones in Texas also won a default judgment against him in October. In both cases, the plaintiffs argued that he and the company that owns InfoWars, Free Speech Systems LLC, had failed to respond to basic discovery requests, with what Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barabara Bellis called a “callous disregard of their obligation” to turn over required documents, including financial records. (Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis argued in a legal filing that the company did try to turn over financial records, but that his deplatforming from various social media sites made it difficult to get some of the analytics data that was requested. Jones has also stated he no longer believes Sandy Hook was a hoax.) Trials to determine damages in both cases are scheduled for later this year."
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I live only a few miles away from Sandy Hook. Describing anything related to this tragedy is understated. For this day it's still inconceivable the pain that these parents have to deal with the fact alone, having lose their kids.
He is a monster and a sick person.
He blames everyone else.
@@MrPhotodoc just like Trump
Looking south from Canada I am firmly convinced that half of Americans have lost the friggin' minds.
Offering 120k isn't a joke - it's an insult.
Here in Scotland we had a school shooting on the 13th of March 1996 at Dunblane, we collectively as a nation shared the grief of the many children killed and injured, we saw it as a national tragedy, our government took action immediately against most gun owners by banning many types of guns, no protests, we just accepted it, the children will never be forgotten, we never ever will change our minds regarding guns, it is permanent.
I sooo remember this at The Dunblane Elementary School.Just horrible 😢My prayers to all the parents, school staff.Never will forget about all the beautiful wee ones who were taken too soon
I am still amazed that so many Americans who not only listen to this excuse for a man but also believe him wholeheartedly.
It's incredible. I listen to him for the luls but have no idea how anyone can take him seriously. He is a living cartoon
The only people I know who eats up his rubbish are all crackheads
Underfunded Public Schooling.🙄 The feature, not a bug.😒
These people actually believe that airplane contrails are a government spray program to harm us. They will believe ANYTHING!
Keep being amazed
Freedom of speech doesn't mean that you're free from consequences
Amen!!
There is no amount of money that’s going to make the pain of losing a child go away.
They need to put that man in jail asap!!
I wouldn't settle either. It's not about the money. It's about the accountability and making an example out if him so it never happens again. My heart absolutely breaks for those parents.
The greatest justice would be for Alex Jones to go completely broke after the court gives everything he owns to these families.
I’m glad this pos got rejected! Hope they sue the hell out of him! He deserves to be in a soup line
A soup line ?!🤣😂🤣 I've learned a new english word today, thanks !
Agree
Jones is just a huckster and grifter like the rest. It's politicians who take money from corporate interests and lobbies who protect the thugs. That's not to say he shouldn't pay some himself.
This man is despicable. How dare he or anyone else mock families that have lost a loved one through gun violence. He clearly has no heart or empathy for anyone. Too much money in his pockets that needs emptying.
They should settle for nothing less than every penny he has! And they should INSIST that he be unable to spread lies in any format, ever again!
$120,000 wouldn't even pay for attorney fees! I hope they take everything he's got and more!
So he’s charged $50K a day. But how would the courts get that money???
Can’t his assets be frozen? Assets seized?
Screw him!!!
you know that's a good question. if they can't make him show up how are they gona make him pay up?
What he did to those families should have put him in jail
I worked with a young man who lost his Aunt in that shooting. It was very, very real. Alex Jones should be held responsible to the fullest extent of the law. Nothing is more painful than parents losing their children. What he did and continue to do is beyond disgusting!
If I had nothing left to lose after losing my child, Alex Jones would not be breathing.
Brave people! Drag that idiotic, scam artist and demagogue to court!
Maybe it's time for a " Conspiracy Entrepreneurs" law to be drafted. This abuse of free speech for profit at the expense of victims seems evil.
That's a good idea!
I think the current common sense precedents limiting free speech are sufficient. AJ could've avoided this if he didnt constantly and wantonly attack sandy hook victims. Had he only mentioned that incident among many as examples of false flag incidents, the families wouldve likely never been so ill affected, and never had damages over which they could sue him. People have the right to speak on and publish conspiracy theories. I think AJ is a fkn donut, but generally, what he says is and should be protected speech.
$170 million per victim would be more like it.
Nice to learn that Alex is having to pay 50,000 per day. Hope the court decides on at least 25 million for each family. Nice to learn some platforms no longer carry his show. Hope he is completely canceled soon.
Eric please shut your mouth.
I hope they leave him penniless and living on the street.
Keep dreaming
@@davidgarland2533 Are you saying you believe Alex Jones will win this lawsuit?
@@csymindspring how did you come to that conclusion? Do you understand your own post?
I remember when Alex Jones was a complete joke.
Now he is mainstream, America is regressing very quickly.
Trump's dipshittery really opened up a door to the disgusting degenerate right wing perversions and pure hatred.
Why has he not been arrested? If any of us missed even one court date, there’d be a warrant written up for us so fast.
It's a civil suit not a criminal trial .
He was in the hospital being tested for cardio
Put him out of business not for the money but for the disgusting consequences of his actions. They really should be asking for 100 million dollars.
Each.
At the end of all this those victim’s family’s are going to bankrupt him. What Jones did was so morally repugnant to the average person. There’s no way in the world it’s not going to end with a huge verdict/settlement.
👏👏👏👏good for them!! Your poor childrens lives WERE PRICELESS. there is no price they can be paid for the horror , loss then the aftermath. Utterly disgusting. Alex Jones should be in jail. This is ridiculous
10 Million per victim, sue him into oblivion
At least. Run him out of business. It would be great to make an example out of this disgusting behaviour.
Also, a great reminder for people: you have freedom of speech, but not freedom to destroy already destroyed lives, with your speech.
Good.
DONT SETTLE!
Hold the line, until he goes bankrupt!!!
His hate needs to be curtailed!!!
What stomach me isn’t his avidity, but that his lies can so easily provide him money. People are eager to believe his lies. Shame on everyone who want to believe him.
He ain't lying your children's game molested by the f****** government stupid been therefore how do you going to tell me that I don't know my facts to go look it up I'm partial versus Google for your information stupid
Shame on you ignoramus
Despicable behavior
The judge should charge him 100ka day. And give the money 💰 to the 👪 families.
Disgusting. Alex Jones is disgusting
Someone who spreads a conspiracy, which caused pains and suffering to others is not something that you can just offer money, and expect it will go away. Children died. Does he know the pain of losing a child and then have to go through the harassment, the threatening because of the lies he’s spreading? He’s a big bully and a hypocrite.
How broken must one be to follow Alex Jones?
Or to be Alex jones
How sick and discussing can one man get
What an insult to the people who suffered from this needless tragedy! He's been living off and taking advantage of other people's pain and misfortune! An apathetic monster!
@@chrisl6845 false equivalence fallacy, go look it up, you're doing it kid.
@@chrisl6845 they report, they choose stories that get interest. they are also a LOT more careful in reporting and tend not to make up stuff to get views ESPECIALLY as toxic as jones or faux opinion shows. so no kid, they don't take advantage anymore than news has throughout history. jones, faux and their ilk take it to a whole new level misrepresenting opinion and belief as news and facts. but hey, let me know when reporting on things that ACTUALLY happen is the same as jones spewing his hate or cucker "just asking questions" that any fool with an internet connection could answer.
@@chrisl6845 We're not here to judge the news companies. We're here to celebrate alex jones' misery over losing this case. Well, some of us are.
@@chrisl6845 Prove it, child.
Stick to your guns and never settle. Make an example of him so a legal precedent is set for anyone who tries to follow in his footsteps.
Nice to see someone finally being held accountable for despicable behavior
Freedom of speech is not freedom to tell lies.
I thought Alex Jones said he didn't do anything wrong and had nothing to apologize for so why is he offering them a settlement looks like he blinked first
Jones: Sorry I made light of your kid's murders which led to my viewers harassing you. Here's $120,000 so please shut up now.
Everyone: Are you f*cking kidding me?
He also paid a fan and camera crew to follow and harass parents. It was more than just talk.
I normally do not do a “that’s what you get” when someone gets caught in their own mess, but this piece of feces deserves everything he gets. The only thing that I wish could happen is that every idiot that harassed any of those families could have to face some type of consequences just because they were such idiots and their actions caused so much additional pain they’ve had to be endure because of these ridiculous people. He deserves everything that can legally be done to him.
Offering only $125,000 per family is yet another insult directed at these people by Jones.
Glad to hear they rejected his insulting settlement offer.
I bet you would take it, with your broke ass. 😂
Lock him up and bankrupt him.
There is no forgiving this sociopathic monster. Not only were these families forced to live with the insurmountable, unnameable pain of losing their little one, but then on top of that, they had to be harassed and mocked by these horrific people, re-opening the raw wounds each time?
As far as I’m concerned, the only justice in this case would be to lock this man and his followers away forever, and throw away the key, so that they could never destroy anyone, again. This is the very definition of evil.
I totally agree with you he should be locked away in a insane asylum and his followers for life
Shouldn’t MTG be held to account for claiming the same thing and going after victims calling them liars, actors etc.?
I hope that he loses every penny he has.
Take him for everything till he’s homeless and living on the streets! That’s being kind to him!
Hope the Central Park 5 get to sue and win a large settlement against Trump
I'm glad that none of the parents were financially desperate enough to accept this.
Accountability and consequences…finally. Been a long time coming.
I feel for the families of the victims. Their treatment by Jones is abhorrent and despicable. Leaving Jones bankrupt would be the least of punishments. He should be in jail. Where he belongs.
Jail time.
I hope he loses all his money, past, present and future!!
Money cannot and will not heal those wounds. It's way beyond that. Jones is riding the wrong horse and the race is about to end.
@@MrPhotodoc that is true, but I rather they have it than alex jones.
@@MrPhotodoc it's not just that those families need to ruin Jones financially so he can't keep spreading conspiracy theories to braindead Trump supporters.
Exploiting a tragedy is not show business. My heart is breaking that people are so horrible.
Break him financially then Break the media company that employs him then go after the company's that advertised on him show
Good! His lies is catching up to him
It sounds like Alex can afford several million dollars per family of each victim! Besides a heartfelt apology to the surviving families, one by one after hearing about each victim, Alex should also be forced to retract his statements nationally and spend a few dozen months of community service in Connecticut for school safety and for gun control.
The Judge should order Jones to read a statement saying he was wrong and naming each of the kids killed.
Jones should have to read it every time he does a podcast , both his and any he appears on as a guest.
what about a dozen years in jail? is there any way for that?
He apologized for distress, he’s ruined the lives of families scarred by the deaths of their children.
The settlement they should ask for is that he never speak, write, converse, whatever in any public discourse through any medium ever, ever, ever, just simply fade into obscurity for all eternity. That would be justice. I am sick and tired of these liars profiting from misrepresentation of the facts. These people with no moral compass should never have a podium at any level.
What is really mind blowing is the giant number of evil persons living on this planet.
Jones shouldn't have been sniffing all that glue as a kid.
Why is he trying to settle? I thought it was fake.
This guy needs to be sued for every Penny he has and then thrown in prison and thrown the keys away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back in the old days, i.e., pre 20th Century America, he'd likely been hung.
If you throw him in prison then you would have made his point. Just assassinate his character (brand/Image) like they did to so many celebrities, no need to go to war when you can sanction.
👏👏👏 he should be in jail 😒
He’s beyond redeeming. He is a shining example of what is killing the US. Profiting all along the way.
Are you the moral judge? LOL
@Cryptum404. It would be impossible to be a moral judge when there are no morals evident in this case.
@@Cryptum404 yes more moral than Alex
And he has an image of Christ looking over his shoulder during his broadcasts... There is absolutely no shame and no conscience with this slimebag and his supporters.
@@Cryptum404 If he, you, or I are not moral judges; then who is? Grow a brain fckwit, Alex Jones and those like him are a cancer in our culture. Snark comments show how shallow your are.
He lucky one of the dads didn't come give him a visit...I probably would have....u don't talk about anyone's murdered children u asking for tht same energy
It blows my mind that such deplorable character can rise to such prominence and make so much money. That he is literally being paid for his deplorableness is an indictment of a sick society.
I can't believe how gullible his audience members are sending him money.
I can. On what planet where you the last 5 years?
This is a fantastic video. I hope Jones gets everything he deserves. I hope he pays through the nose for his lies, grifts and overall horrible behavior!
He thought he was untouchable behind his desk, behind a screen. He was having so much fun. Words have consequences and I also hope he gets what he deserves... if not I this life then in the next.
He needs to be arrested!
Take everything he has and ever will have.
Marjorie Traitor Green should be paying up too
He should be in jail.
They should take ALL his money.
AND any money he ever attempts to make in the future!
I am glad these families are holding him accountable. Alex Jones is a disgusting individual. These talk show hosts spouting inaccuracies and hate need to be held accountable!
I would love to see Jones sent to jail.
Could you imagine,
"Convict Jones, meet your cellmates, Tbone, Jhamall, and Ice-pick..."
I hope they take every penny, current and future, he has. I hope he doesnt have the money for a bus ride to a job interview.
If that happens he could justifiably steal from someone out of necessity so I wouldn't prefer that.
@@hamadalduaij1572 Hate to inform you but stealing is all he has ever done.
Now he's willing to pay the "paid actors"? How ironic.
How sick do you need to be you accused patents who lost kids in a school shooting by calling them liers absolutely disgusting.
I know one of the families. His shit has ripped them apart. They get death threats from his fans. Its heart breaking.
F - Alex Jones.
I would give this comment 100 thumbs up if I could. and may I add, hard and with no ky!
Sue that MAGAt into oblivion.
Threatening people who lost their kids, wtf?
Another one with absolutely NO conscience 🤮
A $1B settlement would be suitable...
You do mean $1B for each victim's family, don't you? Otherwise, forget it...
Jones needs to be bankrupted.
Period.
They need to take him for all he's worth. Jones should be put out of business, PERIOD.
Take him and companies behind him for everything they have.
The guy would rather pay 50K a day rather than exercise his free speech. Because that's what the court is doing, it's offering him the opportunity to exercise his speech. So much for someone who is self declared champion of free speech.
probably he's running out of ideas of what to say that isn't defamation related
I always try to put justice ahead of vengeance, but for Alex Jones I am willing to make an exception. He can not suffer enough for what he has done.
No he's not suffering it's just some people don't like freedom of speech in our first amendment says we have the freedom to speak it's just like saying you're white and I'm black but you guys are hating that the fact is not because of that it's because how you speak about it that's how they react
@@mastereonlybestchips1497 Learn how to punctuate. While you're at it, learn that there are limits on freedom of speech. Incitement is against the law.
@@janxander6535 The ones inciting the violence are probably left wing school teachers or people like this lunatic here stirred up by left wing media. We know some teachers hit people with bike locks and other kinds of terrorism, some teachers even tried to manipulate the CDC so children couldn't go to school after Covid19.
@@mastereonlybestchips1497 And you're not a "Cool Kid". Freedom of speech ends when you start threading on other peoples' rights. If you feel that Jones claiming that a school shooting was all an act... I would suggest that you get help now. You can practice your free speech in jail - dimwit.
@@mastereonlybestchips1497 Hard to understand what you are saying due to lack of punctuation.
To all the Sandy Hook parents: Do not settle for such pittance. Make sure you all take all his money and his ability to hurt again. Such monster (alex jones) must not be allowed to get away with it.
I'm having daydreams of him coming to me with that kind of offer, me taking the paper, looking at it for a moment, writing something down on it and handing it back:
"You missed a couple decimal points. Multiply by 1000... FOR EACH OF US. Not good enough until you're bankrupt and homeless for all you've done to America."
Alex Jones should be VERY GREATFUL that all of the parents involved have so much self control, If it were me I would have lost my cool and attacked him long ago. I hope that they are able to put his entire company out of business and I hope he spends the rest of his life trying to make amends for the hurt he caused.
Alex Jones, Donald Trump.
Can’t believe no one has laid a hand on these deplorable POS!
Only way people like him understand is to give them consequences, and if that means bankrupting them, then maybe they end up living in the streets, would be a good thing.
Granted, $50,000 penalty a day is a pretty steep price to pay but perhaps not when you're products account for more than $150 million in sales. A far more fitting punishment is for the County Sheriff to arrive at your door and haul your butt into jail. That's where he should be serving his penance for refusing to provide the necessary documents and for not showing up to his court appearances. He might move with a little more alacrity with some real world consequences!
He’s never been a father. He is incapable of compassion and empathy.
They need to take him for everything he got.
He deserve everything thats gonna happen to him and more.... karma is coming and I'm glad the family unanimously rejected his stupid offer
I'm in tears every time they talk about the victims and the families left behind having to deal with this.... its inhumane what he does....the families need justice... NOT 120k
I know what you're saying, and it would be great for Jones to get his comeuppances. However karma isn't real. There is no sky god balancing good against bad so everything equals out. People with childlike minds and the religious believe this nonsense. Those two are the same btw.
Remember MTG chasing down the survivor of the Parkland shooting and harrassing him, that's nothing compared to Alex Jones fans. I hope they take every cent he has and then throw him in jail!
Margarine Tater green should get sued too for everything she has doing what she did to those kid's
She should join him.
120k, that’s a bigger slap than the one Will gave Chris. I hope they take every cent he has and leave him on the streets.
I hope they make him as fiscally bankrupt as he is, morally.