Supreme Court turns away Alex Jones' attempt to block $1.5B defamation judgment

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-turns-away-alex-jones-attempt-block-huge-defamation-judg-rcna236968

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NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 83 pts · 346d

Jones' lawyers had warned in the filing last week that if the case was not put on hold, “InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed."

Yeah? And? That would be bad for YOU I guess, but that's not a legal argument. The trial is over and the judgement has already been made.

greasewizard@slrpnk.net · 72 pts · 346d (4 replies)

fuck Alex Jones.

I wish nothing but the worst for him

sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 346d (1 reply)

careful, this is a borderline thought crime

frunch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d

He's not dead yet, so i guess it's ok? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

djdarren@piefed.social · 4 pts · 346d (1 reply)

I wish him a lifetime of always being two good wipes away from clean.

village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 346d

Basically everything from Tear Your Dress - Bag of Toys

But also, people like Jones tend to not wipe because they think it's gay.

Manjushri@piefed.social · 65 pts · 346d (2 replies)

Last week he urged the court to urgently intervene, saying that if the court did not take action, his website, Infowars, was at risk of being turned over to the satirical news site The Onion.

The proposed acquisition would be used to help fund payments to family members of the Sandy Hook victims.

Jones' lawyers had warned in the filing last week that if the case was not put on hold, “InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed."

Ideological nemesis? Really? Infowars has always been a joke. Under The Onion at least it'll also be funny.

krooklochurm@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 346d

I'd like to see them turn it into just absolutely stupid conspiracy theories. Like: otters can understand Farsi, and Billie Eilish is actually list a bunch of eyelids, shit like that.

glimse@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 346d

They're both satire sites but only one is presented as such

Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 346d (1 reply)

Alex Jones and his lawyers were repeatedly warned that if they did not participate they would receive a default judgement.

From a contemporary article:

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.

It was so much fun fucking around, Alex, but the time has come to find out.

sunbytes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d

I encourage everyone to check out the Knowledge Fight podcast, specifically the "Formulaic Objections" episodes series.

It's "annotated" audio footage from the depositions of Alex and his coworkers/conspirators.

It is the best evidence that he's just making it all up, and trying to make as much money as possible while dodging any kind of accountability.

Its also "annotated" by two real funny fellas. Worth a listen for sure.

Also some phenomenal work by the lawyers just constantly giving him just enough rope to hang himself.

ceenote@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 346d

Are we done fucking around? Can we finally move on to 'find out'?

expatriado@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 346d

his case didn't deserve supreme court time

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 346d (1 reply)

Why aren’t they using a recent picture of him with his new Hitler mustache?

Lupus@feddit.org · 10 pts · 346d

He just had it a couple of hours in a desperate attempt for attention. Also he is bored.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 346d

But Trump's $500m judgment for committing multiple acts of fraud was "excessive". 😮‍💨

very_well_lost@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 346d

Sucks to suck, AJ

CompostMaterial@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 346d

Finally, some uplifting news.

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 346d

While I'm glad this shitstain loser troll fuck is getting at least a fraction of what's been coming to him, I have to acknowledge that the shitstain loser troll fuck that's in the Oval Office is flourishing, along with all the other shitstain loser troll fucks in his administration and party.

We're not even close to real justice in this shithole.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 346d (1 reply)

Facing the consequences of my actions is illegal!

Right?

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 346d

Well he's a WARRIOR OF GOD fighting THE ARMIES OF SATAN. This isn't supposed to happen to him.

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 346d (4 replies)

Hey. At least Knowledge Fight's content is awesome right now. If you want a digestible way to witness the slow sad destruction of a pathetic white supremacist and his cadre of asshats, tune in.

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 346d (2 replies)

Yeah I'm looking forward to their episode covering AJs reaction to this lol

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d (1 reply)

This one is gonna be gold

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d

Yep. He's going to blow a fuckin' gasket!

Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 346d

Their recent Tucker Carlson episode is one of the most bleak things I've ever heard.

MourningDove@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 346d
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Fedizen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 346d

You love to see it.

Naich@lemmings.world · 7 pts · 346d

Nice.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 346d

lol