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Mar 24

Alex Jones skips deposition in Sandy Hook settlement, defying court order -

A Connecticut Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that a physician’s note submitted only for the judge’s viewing did not provide enough evidence on its claim that Jones was “confined to his home” as a result of “medical conditions” making it impossible for him to sit for the scheduled, in-person deposition.
In her ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis questioned attorney Kevin Smith, representing Jones, over his client’s doctor’s note suggesting he was “confined” to his home under a physician’s supervision.
In a notice filed Wednesday morning, Smith confirmed his client conducted his broadcast during the Tuesday hearing, and that it took place at, “Mr. Jones’ usual and customary studio in Austin Texas,” and clarified, “the studio is not located in Mr. Jones’ home.”
Attorneys representing the families said Jones’ defense counsel, Norman Pattis, arrived at the in-person questioning, scheduled for 9 a.m. local time, and told them Jones would not be showing up as a result of an unnamed medical condition — despite broadcasting his Infowars show from a studio outside his house the day before, according to his attorneys.
“This, in our view, was a cowardly display intended to cheat the plaintiffs of their right to put him under oath and ask him questions about why over the course of many years he lied about them,” attorney Christopher Mattei told reporters via Zoom.
Jones’ defense counsel said his, “nonappearance comes upon the advice of a physician who arrived in Austin to visit him on March 20, 2022,” according to a court filing.
The filings continue, stating that Jones, “so alarmed the physician” while being observed on Monday, “that he insisted on conducting a physical examination” and, “immediately advised Mr. Jones to go to an emergency room or call 911.”
Jones refused to call emergency services. After the episode, “the physician advised him to stay home, which Mr. Jones did not do. The physician subsequently arranged for a comprehensive medical workup to be conducted for Mr. Jones on March 23, 2022.”
Mattei said immediately after learning Jones, a controversial far-right-wing talk show host, would not be at the deposition Wednesday morning, the plaintiffs’ legal team asked a Connecticut court to direct Jones to appear at 9 a.m. Thursday. The court granted the request.
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