[anonymousiam]

A sympathetic jury can be an enemy of justice.

I'm not an Alex Jones fan, but I don't understand how a conspiracy theory about the mass shooting could be construed as defamation against the parents of the victims. And the $1.3B judgement does seem excessive to me.

[AlexandrB]

You should read up on some details. The defamation claim is because Alex Jones accused the parents of being actors who are part of staging the false flag. The huge judgement is partly because Alex Jones failed to comply[1][2] with basic court procedure like discovery in a timely way so a default judgement was entered.

Despite his resources, Alex Jones completely failed to get competent legal representation and screwed himself. He then portrayed himself as the victim of an unjust legal system.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055864452/alex-jones-found-l...

> Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis cited the defendants' "willful noncompliance" with the discovery process as the reasoning behind the ruling. Bellis noted that defendants failed to turned over financial and analytics data that were requested multiple times by the Sandy Hook family plaintiffs.

[2] https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-rips-alex-jones-c...

> Bellis reportedly said Jones' attorneys "failure to produce critical material information that the plaintiffs needed to prove their claims" was a "callous disregard of their obligation," the Hartford Courant reported.

[tbrownaw]

> The huge judgement is partly because Alex Jones failed to comply with basic court procedure like discovery in a timely way so a default judgement was entered.

Yeah. Reufsing to cooperate with the court has to always be at least as bad as losing your case would have been.

[protocolture]

The specific conspiracy theory implied fraud and cover up on behalf of the parents. Lmao.