The couple stayed at the 1920s-built four-star Kimpton Cottonwood hotel, where they regularly spend time when in the area.Īnd he didn't cut corners, using a driver to get around town and flashing a Rolex watch on his wrist.
He has three children with his first wife Kelly Erika is Jones's second wife and they have child. Jury selection in the Connecticut case could resume this week, lawyers said. The two remaining trials are expected to begin next month, after juries are selected.
The Connecticut jury will decide what, if any, damages Jones owes in that case, although state law could also limit what he would have to pay.
HARRY HOOK TRIAL
Meanwhile, besides the case in Connecticut, a trial for damages is pending in Texas that was filed by the parents of another child killed at Sandy Hook.īefore the trial in Texas, Jones had already been found liable in a separate defamation lawsuit in Texas and another in Connecticut by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook victims. On Monday, it was reported that Jones had transferred the ownership of his $3 million home in Austin to his wife, Erika Wulff Jones, according to the New York Post.
HARRY HOOK FREE
She said: 'We saw those numbers on the board and someone said, 'Well, I guess we're never leaving this room,''ĭuring the trial, Jones claimed that any figure larger than $2 million could 'sink' Free Speech Systems.ĭespite the verdict, on August 14, Business Insider reported that still one in five Americans believe that mass shootings are staged. Sharon earlier said that the jurors' deliberations began with group debating over whether to award figures ranging between $500,000 to $200 million. She added: 'Nobody was super happy with it.' While a juror in the trial named only as Sharon described to the agency how the jury arrived at their figures: 'We all believed that Neil and Scarlett were credible. There just weren’t tangible things behind their mental anguish, and we were asked to award between $1 and $150 million without any guidance.' On Monday, Reuters reported that the host would likely end up paying a significantly reduced figure of around $1.5 million. Jones´ attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the amount he will be forced to pay the plaintiffs. Jesse Lewis' mother, Scarlett Lewis, addresses the media following the verdict in Austin Heslin and Lewis' 6-year-old son, Jesse, was shot dead by maniac gunman Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook in December 2012. We look forward to trial,' he said in a written statement.įree Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy in Texas about a week before Jones' lawyer sought to have the Connecticut case transferred.Ī Texas jury this month ordered Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of one of the children killed at Sandy Hook, in addition to another $4.1 million he must pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the shooting was a hoax. 'We're grateful the bankruptcy court saw through Alex Jones's brazen effort to block a jury from being empaneled and holding him accountable. Judge Julie Manning ruled on Monday that the plaintiffs can continue the defamation lawsuit against just Jones as an individual after his company filed for bankruptcyĬhris Mattei, an attorney for the plaintiffs, praised the bankruptcy judge's decision. In this trial, Jones is set to do battle in court with the families of eight of the families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre and an FBI agent, who Jones is also accused of defaming. 'The plaintiffs´ rights to have that process continue in the Connecticut Superior Court should not be disturbed,' Manning wrote in the decision, adding that the plaintiffs´ claims for damages were ready for trial. However, Monday's ruling by Judge Julie Manning essentially allows the plaintiffs to continue the defamation lawsuit against just Jones as an individual, without Free Speech Systems, a company owned by Jones and a defendant in the Connecticut case.įollowing the ruling, jury selection could resume as early as August 16. That move brought the first day of jury selection to a sudden halt earlier this month. Jones´ lawyer had sought to transfer the case to a federal bankruptcy court, rather than continue the case in Connecticut state court.
The case was filed by relatives of some victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.įor years, Jones has falsely claimed that the nation´s deadliest school shooting - which killed 20 students and six educators - was a hoax. A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against InfoWars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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