Parents of children who died in Sandy Hook shooting sue Alex Jones for defamation
The parents of two children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have sued Alex Jones, alleging defamation.
The two lawsuits filed Monday accuse Jones — a noted conspiracy theorist who has claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax — of peddling lies that have resulted in death threats, HuffPost reported.
{mosads}The lawsuits, which were both filed in Austin, Texas, are seeking more than $1 million in damages from Jones, InfoWars and Free Speech Systems LLC.
The lawsuits were brought by Neil Heslin, the father of a six-year-old boy killed in the shooting, and Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, who child was also killed.
“Even after these folks had to experience this trauma, for the next five years they were tormented by Alex Jones with vicious lies about them,” Mark Bankston, the lawyer handling the cases for the parents, told HuffPost.
“And these lies were meant to convince his audience that the Sandy Hook parents are frauds and have perpetrated a sinister lie on the American people.”
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