HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones (all times local):
Alex Jones of Infowars.com
7:30 p.m.
Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has responded to the families of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School students who have filed lawsuits against him for claiming the shooting didn’t happen.
Jones said Tuesday in a YouTube video that the families are being used by the Democratic Party and the news media, and that he believes Sandy Hook “really happened.”
In the video, Jones invited parents who lost their children to his show to have a “real discussion” about guns. He also says he believes the lawsuits will be thrown out.
The defamation lawsuits were filed by the parents in Texas, the home state of Jones’ media company, Infowars. The lawsuits allege that Jones’ insistence that the shooting was staged led others to make death threats against the victims’ families.
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11:10 a.m.
The families of two children slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have filed lawsuits against right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for claiming the shooting did not happen.
The defamation lawsuits were filed in Texas. That’s the home state of Jones’ media company, Infowars.
Neil Heslin, the father of Jesse Lewis, and Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, the parents of Noah Pozner, filed separate lawsuits seeking more than $1 in damages.
Jesse and Noah were among the 20 first-grade students gunned down inside the school in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012. Six educators were also killed.
The lawsuits allege that Jones’ insistence that the shooting was staged led others to make death threats against the victims’ families.
Jones could not immediately reached for comment.
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