HARTFORD, Conn. — The judge presiding over Alex Jones’ defamation trial in Waterbury imposed another punishing sanction even before evidence began Tuesday, prohibiting him from using analytics of his website sales to argue to jurors that he didn’t profit from his denial of the Sandy Hook school massacre.
Whether Jones profited by his denials over his internet and broadcast platforms is expected to be a point of contention in whatever compensation the jury awards relatives of the nine victims and one first responder suing Jones.
Lawyers for the victim families told Judge Barbara Bellis that they obtained a copy of the analytic materials last week after Jones had long denied having or using the materials. Bellis said Jones’ failure to comply with legal requirements to disclose the internet sales analysis is part of a pattern of failing to comply with court orders.
